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Re: How to make Debian more attractive for users, was: Re: The number of popcon.debian.org-submissions is falling



On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:13:29 +0200, Raphael Hertzog
<hertzog@debian.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Teemu Likonen wrote:
>> * 2010-07-25 12:54 (+0200), Marc Haber wrote:
>> 
>> > stable = release
>> > testing = current
>> > unstable = development
>> 
>> I like these. They describe the three distributions well and "current"
>> might encourage more users than "testing". Advertising "constantly
>> usable" and trendy "rolling release" would surely help.
>
>+1
>
>I would not introduce "release" but just keep "stable", it describes the
>distribution well.

I thought about that, but to me it is not clear whether stable <
current or stable > current. That relationship is easier with release
< current, and release explains well why that distribution only moves
twice a year.

Greetings
Marc
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