Bug#48045: normal and non-US names

2001-09-20 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:50:31AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > 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 ? I'm quietly confident we'll always have better things to spend our time worrying

Bug#48045: normal and non-US names

2001-09-20 Thread Steve Greenland
On 20-Sep-01, 11:28 (CDT), Glenn McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [rant deleted] Hmmph. And they say Debian is not a political organization. Anyway, this bug should be closed as it is not a properly formed policy proposal. Steve, who understands and somewhat agrees with the sentiment, altho

Bug#48045: normal and non-US names

2001-09-20 Thread Glenn McGrath
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:35:33 +1000 Anthony Towns 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 sh

Bug#48045: normal and non-US names

2001-09-20 Thread Anthony Towns
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. Surely we've got better things to do than

Bug#48045: normal and non-US names

2001-09-20 Thread Glenn McGrath
The 'normal' component by itself should be called 'crippled'. 'Crippled': A damaged or defective object or device. The 'non-US' component should be called 'enhance' (or something else). 'Enhance': To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment. When both 'crippled' and 'enhance'