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Re: Naming the tree [Was: Upcoming Debian Releases]



> Fabrizio Polacco:
> > This seems the perfect definition for the words "alpha" and "beta".
> 

Lars Wirzenius wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, Digital calls one of their processors Alpha. I think
> we want to avoid calling anything alpha, unless it has something to
> do with that chip.

Kai Henningsen wrote:
> 
> It was, until Digital developed the Alpha and Linux was ported to it.
> Now alpha means two very different things.
> 
> That's why the kernel config no longer asks if you want to see alpha
> drivers.

Well, it seems we have been 'bag-snatched' of an important term.
Should we follow down all the greek alphabet or someone has a better
hint?

Anyway we can always call them 'beta':

        debian-1.1     ----> buzz	<-- stable
        debian-1.1.15  ----> buzz-fixed	<-- current, latest
        beta-1.2       ----> rex	<-- frozen
        beta-1.3       ----> bo		<-- unstable
        beta-1.4       ----> woody


Fabrizio
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