On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 20:01, cobaco wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2003-12-03 12:24, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 12:17, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > > > > The term suggests that the distribution is "not-Debian", which is > > > > unneccessary and confusing. > > > > > > As non native speaker and also in general I try to avoid joining stupid > > > naming discussions. But here is the weak part of the name we have > > > choosen which has definitely to be clarified in an announcement of those > > > people who invented the term. > > > > If some of the people who participated in the Debcamp Custom > > Distribution BOF (see > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-nonprofit/News/2003/20030717) are > > listening, perhaps you could elaborate? (Cc'ing Mako Hill since he was > > referenced as one of the driving forces behind the meeting.) > > hm, I've added a definition to the wiki: > > A Custom Debian Distribution (CDD) is a version of Debian that is tailored > > for a particular situation/target group out-of-the-box. > > Any changes necessary to Debian to support this particular situation/target > > group arge merged back into Debian whenever possible, improving Debian as a > > whole. > Exactly! Regards,
David.
