Re: New debian "codename" (Was: default init on non-Linux platforms)
On 19 February 2014 16:05, Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014, at 16:57, The Wanderer wrote:
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>> On 02/19/2014 10:45 AM, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
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>> > On 19 February 2014 15:28, Ondřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org> wrote:
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>> >> Dimitri,
>>
>> >> are you aware that media are already quoting your blogpost as
>> >> official announcement of next Debian codename?
>> >
>> > Nah, wasn't aware =) I blame Neil, I thought he still was a release
>> > manager ;-) Any reason, not to make it official? =)
>
> And obviously the phoronix and others thought you are on the release
> team and you have a say about next codename (since you have blogged
> about it, it must be true). *palmface* (not targeted at Neil nor
> Dimitri...)
>
>> Well, back in 2002 there was a probably-joking sort-of decision that
>> "zurg" should be the codename of the release where the Hurd and *BSD
>> ports were fully ready [1]. Given that we seem to be moving more towards
>> dropping ports than finalizing them at the moment, using the name zurg
>> would not seem to be in keeping with that idea.
>>
>> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/07/msg01139.html
>>
>> I like the idea (and the method of choosing, and of announcing, it)
>> otherwise, though.
>
> Well, it makes me really sad how little effort the current journalists
> make to verify the claims. Dimitry blogs some insider joke and it's
> already on phoronix. And since it's written on the internet it must be
> true. *double palmface*
>
Wait, wait, somebody needs to edit Debian's wikipedia article with
citations, for it to be _triple_ official and verified =)))))))
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Regards,
Dimitri.
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