On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> wrote: > +++ Stefano Zacchiroli [2014-06-30 11:43 +0200]: >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:27:49AM +0100, Lars Wirzenius wrote: >> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:42:09AM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: >> > > ]] Thomas Goirand >> > > > +1 for keeping the name which is funny >> >> What's funny about an OS stating publicly that a specific piece of Free >> software---shipped and installed by default by that very same OS---"must >> die"? > > Every package name in debian is not a 'statement of the OS' as a > whole. Each one is just a package name, most of which are vaguely > descriptive, some are punny, many rather cryptic. None that I can > think of are a 'statement'. > > The systemd people won the argument. Giving those who prefer not to > use it (yet) a slightly childish package to install is a small > consolation for them and really shouldn't be taken very seriously. I'm > afraid the name amused me - and I assume I'm not the only one. > > But OK. I get it - this is still too contentious to have any room for > this sort of foolishness and if it's to exist at all it'll have to be > called something boring. That's a little sad, but we'll all > survive. This isn't supposed to be a big deal, just a small > convenience.
For the sake of "fun", let's go ahead and upload packages with provocative names. That's sure to foster goodwill between the pro- and anti-systemd camps within Debian, right? Sorry to be a spoilsport here, but I'll take "boring" any day of the week if the potential alternative is another heated discussion that'll eventually devolve into mudslinging or general unpleasantness. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACZd_tA1sECx=KXp7jcJu1ySBag9j2mkDHydx7DnkY4L=gd...@mail.gmail.com
