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Re: DEMOCRATICAL election of Codenames of Debian [Before "Re: And next name after Sarge? or PROPOSAL for Codenames' election"]



On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:31:02PM +0100, Xan wrote:
> In 07 Jan 2004 17:09, I wrote the following in Usenet, and it seems that 
> anyone answered essentially that
> 1) I have to send this to "aj", the release manager, and that
> 2) it is a example of overengineered suggestion.
> 
> Well, I have to say that it was a solution (perhaps overengineered) to
> achieve that the election of codenames of Debian were more
> democratically than now.  I'm sad (and worry) that to no body likes
> this suggestion and overall the possibility that the choose of
> codenames were democratical.

Why's that necessary?

* The code names are a name, nothing more. They're important for people
  to make the distinction between one suite and the other, but the
  quality of our distribution isn't at stake if we get a bad one.
* We don't actually care what the name of the distribution is going to
  be. It's fun to know what the next one will be, but that's about the
  end of the story.
* aj is doing a fine job at it (and, especially, at being a Release
  Manager. At least IMO).

> But I'm not surrender (by now):

Well, it won't get you anywhere. If you want to ramble on about this,
fine, but do it somewhere else please. Thanks.

-- 
Wouter Verhelst
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Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org
"Stop breathing down my neck." "My breathing is merely a simulation."
"So is my neck, stop it anyway!"
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