Re: Capitalization conventions for Debian release names
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:54:02PM -0400, David Sewell wrote:
> I'm beginning a second round of proofreading of the Debian Reference (aka
> Qref).
>
> Is there a consensus among documentation writers on how to handle Debian
> release codenames (Slink, Potato, Woody, etc.)? Usage varies almost
> randomly, it seems, even in publications like the Debian Weekly News,
> where you can find "woody" and "Woody" in the same paragraph.
Correct practice is all lower case for Debian. If for toy storiy,
capitalize first letter.
Let's check FAQ and release note people.
ftparchive.sgml /FAQ
potato distribution name
Mr. Potato Toy story caracter
<em>potato</em> Debian codename
<tt>potato</tt> symlink name for ftp archive
Relase note release-notes.sgml/boot-floppies
releases 2.2 (`potato')
Osamu
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Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D
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See "User's Guide": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/
See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/
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"Debian reference" Project at: http://qref.sf.net
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I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections.
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