Hey Ross! On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:04:24AM -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote: >On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 11:38:09AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I don't think the word "official" is defined or used in any foundational >> document, nor that its meaning is well agreed on or actually helps the >> discussion. > >I had assumed "official" was in more common usage. It seems like that's >false. Since the cloud team uses that term, here's a bit of detail I >can offer. > >The best doc that I know of is here: > https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL/OfficialImages >This tracks Steve's usage from earlier in the thread. The cloud team >uses it like this too --- we probably got it from him, back when he was >on the team. We also used to have DSA members on the team who seemed >keen on the term. > >So while it doesn't appear in any foundational document, it does have >traction amongst folks that are affected by these issues.
Nod. It's been in common use amongst a number of teams over the years. It's been useful particularly when denoting stuff that is *not* official but still distributed by various Debian teams - e.g. test builds or builds including non-free bits. It's been a subject of discussion with the trademark team in the past, too. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com “Changing random stuff until your program works is bad coding practice, but if you do it fast enough it’s Machine Learning.” -- https://twitter.com/manisha72617183
