On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:01:32PM +0100, Xan wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:31:02PM +0100, Xan wrote: > > > In 07 Jan 2004 17:09, I wrote the following in Usenet, and it seems that > > > anyone answered essentially that > > > 1) I have to send this to "aj", the release manager, and that > > > 2) it is a example of overengineered suggestion. > > > Well, I have to say that it was a solution (perhaps overengineered) to > > > achieve that the election of codenames of Debian were more > > > democratically than now. I'm sad (and worry) that to no body likes > > > this suggestion and overall the possibility that the choose of > > > codenames were democratical. > > Why's that necessary? > Why not? > 1) It's a election of a non-technical part of Debian and I think that it's > have to be made democratically. As if a group of persons have to make a > decission, they vote the alternatives, it's natural to make the same in this > case. > 2) With democratic election, aj will have less work. > 3) It suggests interest by all the debian newbees: > 1) It were fun by them > 2) It were clear that Debian is a distro made by and for the people. I believe the word you're looking for is "wanking." -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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