On 2015-04-23 18:05, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Niels Thykier wrote:
>>> Wait, so why does
>>> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ have
>>> "wheezy" all through?
>>>
>>
>> It does not.  It uses "Wheezy" in [1] (4.5.8.2. Screen).  Admittedly, it
>> is not clear to me when which should be used.
> 
> That's sentence-initial capitalisation - it seems to be following the
> standard rules for a common noun. 

Fair enough, 5.2[1] uses it in the sentence:

"""Therefore, browsers built upon the webkit, qtwebkit and khtml engines
are included in *Wheezy*, but not covered by security support. These
browsers should not be used against untrusted websites. """

[1]
https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html

> I'd vote to change that in future, but right now I'd recommend using "jessie".
> 

Ok, will undo it.

> We might alternatively choose to regard releasenames as verbatim
> lowercase strings (the string that goes in /etc/apt/sources.list), but
> then I'd expect them to be formatted in a nonproportional font.
> 

Lets have a look at it post-release.

Thanks,
~Niels


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