Re: ports.debian.org (Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting)

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Colin Watson [Mon, Mar 14 2005, 02:40:56PM]:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 03:31:30PM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote:
> > Re: Andres Salomon in <[🔎] pan.2005.03.14.13.54.08.658006@debian.org>
> > > without being constricted by others' deadlines and such.  Unfortunately,
> > > the naming (second class citizen?), and the feeling that their
> > > architectures are no longer "officially supported", means that people will
> > > view this as a negative thing.
> > 
> > I'd propose to use a less "discriminating" name for the scc archive.
> > What about ports.debian.org (which coincidentally already exists and
> > http-wise points to http://www.debian.org/ports/)?
> 
> I like this idea. SCC was a working codename that I think was originally
> intended to be changed as soon as somebody thought of something better,
> but nobody ever quite got round to it ...

Does it sound discriminating because you associcate that with real life?
Is "second class port" be a better name? (scp.d.o)? Or "non-releaseable
ports", nrp.d.o?

Regards,
Eduard.
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