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Re: We might need a better wording for our release page




On 12/26/24 10:53, Justin Rye wrote:
> Ananthu C V <weepingclown@debian.org> wrote:

<< snip >>
>>> unstable
>>> --------
>>> This is where active development of Debian occurs. Generally, unstable
>>> is used by developers and advanced users who like to live on the
>>> edge.
>>
>> While that is a very common usage, I find it quite aggresive (because I
>> know a lot of developers live on actual $edge of mental health), and hence
>> suggest the usage of something along the lines of "... who like to stay on
>> the bleeding edge of technology" (or any better versions of that). That is
>> just a personal prefrence but I can guarantee that I am gasping each time
>> I read the line :(
> 
> "Live on the edge" is in the current webpage; I'd have said if we're going to
> avoid expressions with unfortunate associations then we might also want to
> avoid "the bleeding edge" as glamourising/trivialising violence.  Perhaps we
> could say "run by developers and users who like living dangerously"?

While we work this out, for an upcoming bits post I omitted living on the edge
and used a caveat about unstable. Though thinking about this we could easily
change 'live on the edge' to 'live on the developing edge of technology[1]'.


[1] or 'software'.

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