Okay, one more time. Hrrrf. This one wasn't (technically) proposed earlier, but does make sense. Hopefully this is the last update. On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:44:00AM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > It has been pointed out that there are at least three other categories > which it is meaningful to include; therefore, please consider this the > revised ballot. My apologies to anyone who has to re-submit. > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:34:53PM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > > So. While things aren't by any means decided yet, I would like to propose > > a straw poll, solely for those who're actually doing work on the BSD ports > > (honor system, for anyone else reading the list, but if you actually read > > the list, you probably have a reasonable argument for inclusion :) as to > > what naming convention we should use. > > > > I haven't found any documents on how to use the voting system for a straw > > poll, if it's even possible, but since the number of votes should be fairly > > small, I'll just tally them by hand. > > > > The proposed naming schemes of which I am aware are as follows: > > > > 1) Christian demonology > > 2) Discworld gods > > 3) Tolkien Valar/Maiar > > 4) Greek mythology > > 5) Famous physicists > 6) K,KL prefix notation ('Debian GNU/KLNetBSD(i386)') > 7) k,kl suffix notation ('Debian GNU/NetBSDkl(i386)') > 8) Userland/libc/kernel ('Debian GNU/NetBSD/NetBSD(i386)') 9) k,kl prefix notation ('Debian GNU/klNetBSD(i386)') > > Ashort set of pros and cons, at least as I see them, follows: > > > > 1) Pros - daemon, demon, close enough; extensive catalog of names > > Cons - at least one BSD developer protest, likely to cause political > > fallout at some point, BSD world tries hard to avoid 'demon' > > associations > > > > 2) Pros - Not likely to offend anyone, geeky reference > > Cons - Not many names for a given letter, may (but probably won't) have > > hassles from Pratchett's lawyers. > > > > 3) Pros - Lots of names, Valar/Maiar are a very direct analogue to daemons, > > unlikely to offend anyone, uber-geeky reference > > Cons - Many aren't US/ASCII, not widely known, Tolkien's estate might > > cause hassles, uber-geeky reference > > > > 4) Pros - Lots and LOTS of names, Greek > > Cons - Many names are trademarked in a (possibly) relevant field of > > endeavour, not really all that associated with daemons > > > > 5) Pros - More than ample names for nearly any letter, unlikely to object, > > most of them are dead and have no estates to object anyway, well > > known outside geek circles (well, relative to any other option so > > far, anyway) > > Cons - Only linkage to daemons is uber-geeky > > 6) Pros - Keeps the kernel in the name > Cons - Looks ugly as sin, may not be enough for some trademark holders > > 7) Pros - Also keeps the kernel in the name > Cons - Still looks ugly as sin, still may not be enough for some > trademark holders > > 8) Pros - Even more specific > Cons - Doesn't solve the trademark issue at all 9) Pros - Uhm. See #6 and #7. Cons - Uhm. See #6 and #7. > Note that category 8 may be disqualified completely, but I'm including it > so that nobody can argue it didn't have exposure. > > > For the straw vote, there are six categories (the 5 above, plus 'further, > > discussion'). Rank them in order of preference, with lower numbers having > > a higher preference. You may have ties or unranked entries. All unranked > > entries are considered equally, as the least preferred. To object to an > > entry, rank it *behind* 'Further Discussion'; for the purposes of this > > vote, a win by 'further discussion' implies that no option is sufficiently > > appealing, and we should continue to try to find other options. > > It's now nine categories, but the general guidance remains the same. > > > Feel free to include a rationale section, if you wish; all rationale > > comments will be included in the summary. If you wish your name attached > > to the rationale, please include a statement to that effect; rationale > > sections without such a statement will be presented without attribution. > > > > The ballots with be manually processed, so as long as I can read it, it's > > valid. But I'd really appreciate it if you'd stick to the following form: > > > > -=-=- cut here -=-=- > > > > [ ] Christian demonology > > [ ] Discworld gods > > [ ] Tolkien Valar/Maiar > > [ ] Greek mythology > > [ ] Famous physicists > [ ] K,KL prefix [ ] k,kl prefix > [ ] k,kl suffix > [ ] Userland/libc/kernel triple > > [ ] Further discussion > > > > -=-=- cut here -=-=- > > > > Polls open now (roughly 2003-12-19 03:30 +0000), and will close at > > 2003-12-22 03:30 +0000 (or roughly 3 days hence). > > This hasn't changed, but I'll try to make sure everyone who sent a ballot > already has the chance to revise that ballot before the close of polls. > -- > Joel Baker <fenton@debian.org> ,''`. > Debian GNU/NetBSD(i386) porter : :' : > `. `' > `- -- Joel Baker <fenton@debian.org> ,''`. Debian GNU/NetBSD(i386) porter : :' : `. `' `-
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