Re: The term "Custom Debian Distribution" (Was Re: [custom] The term "flavor" and encouraging work on Debian)
On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 20:01, cobaco wrote:
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> On 2003-12-03 12:24, Fabian Fagerholm wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 12:17, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Fabian Fagerholm wrote:
> > > > The term suggests that the distribution is "not-Debian", which is
> > > > unneccessary and confusing.
> > >
> > > As non native speaker and also in general I try to avoid joining stupid
> > > naming discussions. But here is the weak part of the name we have
> > > choosen which has definitely to be clarified in an announcement of those
> > > people who invented the term.
> >
> > If some of the people who participated in the Debcamp Custom
> > Distribution BOF (see
> > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-nonprofit/News/2003/20030717) are
> > listening, perhaps you could elaborate? (Cc'ing Mako Hill since he was
> > referenced as one of the driving forces behind the meeting.)
>
> hm, I've added a definition to the wiki:
>
> A Custom Debian Distribution (CDD) is a version of Debian that is tailored
> for a particular situation/target group out-of-the-box.
>
> Any changes necessary to Debian to support this particular situation/target
> group arge merged back into Debian whenever possible, improving Debian as a
> whole.
>
Exactly!
Regards,
David.
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