On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 05:27:42PM +0200, Torsten Trautwein wrote: > On 5/26/07, Linas Žvirblis <0x0007@gmail.com> wrote: > >I reread your message a couple of times, but I fail to see your > >motivation behind this proposal. Except for your personal preference, > >what problems do you see with current naming scheme? > > > >The current scheme is non-offensive, simple (one word), and somewhat > >meaningful (for example Sid is the kid that breaks toys). If you do not > >like the names, you can use Stable, Testing, Unstable, or version > >numbers. For example "Stable 4.0" == "Etch". > > You're right: the name is not offensive and short, but it just has a > childish "taste" which IMHO just doesn't fit to the grown-up Debian > OS. > > When I think about it again, my suggestion to use The Simpsons > characters isn't better at all - it just has a different color. > > I sure can live with the Toy Story names, but for me the naming has > room for improvements. Think about press releases etc. > > Regards, > Torsten The current scheme is a matter of history and tradition, both things are in-grained in anyone who has followed Debian developement. To change this, you'd have to get everyone associated with Debian to abondon that and the current release name pool has quite a few left, so you'd have to wait for version 25.0 or some big number. Also the idea of using names from a company that has a positive technical association and that doesn't appear likely to sue over trademark issue is a plus. The possibility of being sued by Fox or Mat Goering is 'not a good thing'. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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