Re: cdimage?? What should we call it?
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 05:09:19PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>Hey folks,
>
>We called our main installer images distribution site
>cdimage.debian.org a long time ago, when that was all it published and
>most people downloaded images of CDs. Ummm. Things have moved on in
>the intervening years, and this name is looking more silly over time:
>
> * lots of people are using USB sticks
> * we're providing live images that don't fit on CD
> * we're providing cloud images (Openstack so far, with others coming
> soon!)
>
>So, I'm looking for suggestions. What should we call it? I had
>initially thought that images.debian.org is more generic, but it's
>also likely to confuse people into looking there for pictures... :-)
>
>Please reply and let's see if we can come up with a better name.
Thanks for all the excellent suggestions folks!
As announced at the Debian-CD BoF lat last week, I've made the
decision to go with.... *drumroll* ...
get.debian.org
The DNS is already updated and we'll start moving over to advertising
the new URLs shortly. We'll also need to update the landing pages
etc. to match - help with that also welcome!
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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