On Sat 13 Jan 2018 at 05:14:37 (+0100), Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: > On 12-01-2018, at 15h 03'25", David Wright wrote about "Re: Frustration over > Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports)" > > [...] People use names, computers like numbers. > > > > I do not take sides here, but I can't accept this statement. Numbers > are universal, Debian release names are English. I do not use any of > then (numbers or names). I simply have a look in /etc/apt/sources when > I need to know what version of Debian I use at the moment, and I am > using Debian before potato... (yes, I look into my /etc/apt/sources > file to pull that name). > > Did any of Debian release names were translated? I am bad with names. > Specially English ones. I find all of Debian release names stupid till > now. Culminating with perpetual Sid (no, I did not consulted > /etc/apt/sources file now). > > I am extremely good with numbers. You could say that I can speak > math. Although I studied chemistry. So, coming back to the statement, > I find it extremely stupid. You could have getting away saying > "People use WORDS, computers USE numbers." Numbers are words so nobody > is offended. > > Take care what you write.
I'm not sure what's going on here. Am I meant to apologise for the fact that the Debian project was developed in an English-speaking environment? Cheers, David.
