On 31/12/15 04:22, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:03:40PM -0800, benjamin barber wrote:
>> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian,
>> because having the project named after a white supremacist, who
>> used his ex-wifes name as an trophy.
>
> I agree in whol
IMHO: Two words for those proposing it: attention whores
From: Jeff Garra
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:00 PM
To: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
Cc: debian-project@lists.debian.org; debian-de...@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Renaming the Debian Project
"Being that the current year is almo
"Being that the current year is almost 2016 and is 20 years after Debian
started"
Yes, let's rename a project because of an arbitrary date. That makes
perfect sense. No it doesn't, that is absurd.
"because having the project named after a white supremacist"
Those are some pretty serious accusati
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:03:40PM -0800, benjamin barber wrote:
> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because having
> the project named after a white supremacist, who used his ex-wifes name as
> an trophy.
I agree in whole with the responses of my fellow developers Dimitri
laro...@larocca.io writes:
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:03:40PM -0800, benjamin barber wrote:
>> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because
>> having the project named after a white supremacist, who used his
>> ex-wifes name as an trophy. Being that the current year is almo
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:03:40PM -0800, benjamin barber wrote:
> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because having the
> project named after a white supremacist, who used his ex-wifes name as an
> trophy. Being that the current year is almost 2016 and is 20 years after
>
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:40:33PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Daniel Pocock writes:
>
> > c) do you have verifiable references for the other allegations you are
> > making about the project founder? It is very inappropriate to post
> > things like that without citing some solid evidence, doing
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 02:03:40PM -0800, benjamin barber wrote:
> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because having
> the project named after a white supremacist, who used his ex-wifes name as
> an trophy. Being that the current year is almost 2016 and is 20 years after
> D
Daniel Pocock writes:
> c) do you have verifiable references for the other allegations you are
> making about the project founder? It is very inappropriate to post
> things like that without citing some solid evidence, doing so only
> undermines your own credibility.
Given the timing of this me
On 2015-12-30 22:03, benjamin barber wrote:
> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because having the
> project named after a white supremacist, who used his ex-wifes name as an
> trophy. Being that the current year is almost 2016 and is 20 years after
> Debian started
Hello,
Your email is highly insensitive due to impeccable timing.
At the present moment Debian project mourns the passing of Ian
Murdock. https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html
A lot of Debian Developers and the wider Debian community have great
respect for the amazing things
On 30/12/15 23:03, benjamin barber wrote:
> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because
> having the project named after a white supremacist, who used his
> ex-wifes name as an trophy. Being that the current year is almost 2016
> and is 20 years after Debian started, we sho
benjamin barber writes:
> It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian
Nevertheless, that's the reason for the name: a historical fact that
will not change.
> because having the project named after a white supremacist, who used
> his ex-wifes name as an trophy.
You need to take yo
It's unfortunate that Debian is named after Debra and Ian, because having
the project named after a white supremacist, who used his ex-wifes name as
an trophy. Being that the current year is almost 2016 and is 20 years after
Debian started, we should look to the future and not the past. We shouldn'
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