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 : :' :
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