On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:35:33 +1000 Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 02:28:47AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > The 'normal' component by itself should be called 'crippled'. > > 'Crippled': A damaged or defective object or device. > > Software in main that is damaged or defective should be fixed or removed. > If laws allow. > Surely we've got better things to do than waste time and energy fixing > things that fundamentally aren't broken. (Consider the amount of time > changing the name "non-US" to anything else would use up on the part > of ftpmasters (changing the archive and archive management software), > developers (reuploading every non-US package with all the instances of > non-US replaced with whatever new name is decided upon -- which will be > needed to ensure autobuilding works), and users (fixing apt repositories), > and then compare it to the benefit (possibly propogating a nebulous > sense of dissatisfaction with some laws)). > I think the name is confusing the way it is, so i do indeed consider it to be fundamentally broken, no better than random words. It doesnt have to happen overnight, do you honestly think we should forever keep a name that is confusing to new debian users, never fix the problem ? Glenn
