Re: custom vs. derivative (Re: packages.gz corrupt, missing packages and other issues)
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
I also suggest avoiding "custom" - Debian itself is customizable, CDDs
just automate what must already be possible within the distro.
Very reasonable.
Perhaps squeeze in "subset", "slice", "fraction" or similar - to
emphasize relationship.
Fully ACK.
A verbal test that I would like to pass is that it should feel natural
to mention the term in same sentence as the main Debian Distribution.
Very reasonable as well.
A concrete suggestion:
Formal name when presented alone: Debian internal subdistribution
I'm happe that we brought this discussion up short before the
Extremadura meeting. We might be able to fix something there.
Your tests sound very convincing.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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