Re: DAK Commands for Bikesheds

[Octavio Alvarez <octaldml@alvarezp.org>]

On 09/17/2015 05:41 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2015, Joerg Jaspert 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 don't want to suggest bikeshedding on the name but stick to something
> simple like "XXX Package (Repository|Archive)" with a XXX that makes sense
> to you (Special, Developer, Custom, ...).

I'm with you.

It's not only confusing because the word already has two meanings, but 
it also doesn't say anything about the feature at all, while being hard 
to remove the negative connotation the word carries from the 
bikeshedding concept.

Best regards.

--
Octavio.