Debates about the 'deb' in debian?

[mikpolniak]

        On a recent linux radio show  a guest pronounced the 'deb'
with an 'a' sound as in 'day'.  And a bio article in the  Nov/Dec
issue of 'Maximum Linux'  quotes Debra (Ian's wife)  as 
'...remembering debates on how to pronounce the name'.
        So are there still debates about  saying 'deb' as in Debra or
as in 'day' or maybe even as in 'debate'?