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Re: DAK Commands for Bikesheds



Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:

> Joerg Jaspert wrote:
>>On 14067 March 1977, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>>>> Please check if I forgot something obvious or if there is some big error
>>>> in it. Patches/git trees to merge from/... are welcome.
>>> Please don't call this feature "Bikesheds" and don't hardcode this naming
>>> in the suggested API. It was funny during one Debconf talk... but it won't
>>> be funny in the long term.
>>
>>I disagree.
>
> Ditto. It's a memorable name that quite well describes some of the
> usage it's likely to see. It may be funny *too*, and I don't see a
> downside to that.

Quite right.

The name also emphasises that they're not just the same as PPAs,
which they are not,
which is another good thing about them.

Cheers, Phil.
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