Re: New debian "codename" (Was: default init on non-Linux platforms)
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014, at 17:09, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> 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:
> >> >
> >> >> 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 =)))))))
That should have been your first step: https://xkcd.com/978/
:-P
Ondrej
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