Re: Bug#114261: ITP: libfile-cache-perl -- File::Cache, a filesystem-based object store
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 02:24:01AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > * Package name : libfile-cache-perl
> > Version : 0.16
> > Upstream Author : DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>
> Err, is that the guy's real name?
> I wouldn't expect .uk folks to know it, but DeWitt Clinton was (IIRC) a
> governor of New York in the early 19th century and a major proponent of
> canal digging. Then the railroads came along. Oh well.
> (Most states in the U.S. have a town or city named Clinton, and it's
> usually named for DeWitt.)
Iowa in fact has a town named Clinton that sits about 20 miles from a town
called DeWitt. There are no towns called 'William Jefferson' that I'm aware
of.
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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