Re: May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 01:24:10PM -0500, Stephen Pinker wrote: > Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( Please take this somewhere other than debian-release. This isn't a discussion list: it's here to coordinate the work of release management. Polls such as this tend to generate a

Re: May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 19:24 +0100, Sebastian Ley wrote: > * Stephen Pinker wrote: > > Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( > > ...for a reason! The name should and does indicate that newbies better stay > away from it. On the other hand we have the short and nice codename "Sid" f

Re: May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Sebastian Ley
* Stephen Pinker wrote: > Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( ...for a reason! The name should and does indicate that newbies better stay away from it. On the other hand we have the short and nice codename "Sid" for unstable... Sebastian -- PGP-Key: http://www.mmweg.rwth-aac

May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Stephen Pinker
Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( I was thinking, maybe the devs could vote on a new name for it. Please hear me out. After selecting a new name, then have the archives link "unstable" _and_ "new name" to the same place. After a few years it could easily be phased out. M

Re: May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 01:24:10PM -0500, Stephen Pinker wrote: > Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( Please take this somewhere other than debian-release. This isn't a discussion list: it's here to coordinate the work of release management. Polls such as this tend to generate a

Re: May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 19:24 +0100, Sebastian Ley wrote: > * Stephen Pinker wrote: > > Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( > > ...for a reason! The name should and does indicate that newbies better stay > away from it. On the other hand we have the short and nice codename "Sid" f

Re: May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Sebastian Ley
* Stephen Pinker wrote: > Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( ...for a reason! The name should and does indicate that newbies better stay away from it. On the other hand we have the short and nice codename "Sid" for unstable... Sebastian -- PGP-Key: http://www.mmweg.rwth-aac

May I suggest a New Name for Debian unstable? :(

2005-01-20 Thread Stephen Pinker
Debian unstable... it just has a bad sound to it. :( I was thinking, maybe the devs could vote on a new name for it. Please hear me out. After selecting a new name, then have the archives link "unstable" _and_ "new name" to the same place. After a few years it could easily be phased out. Main

waproamd in sarge?

2005-01-20 Thread Thomas Hood
Considering that waproamd has been orphaned and even deprecated by its upstream[0] in favor of wpa_supplicant, I wonder whether waproamd should be included in sarge. [0]http://seth.intheinter.net/pipermail/ifplugd-discuss/2004-December/28.html -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

waproamd in sarge?

2005-01-20 Thread Thomas Hood
Considering that waproamd has been orphaned and even deprecated by its upstream[0] in favor of wpa_supplicant, I wonder whether waproamd should be included in sarge. [0]http://seth.intheinter.net/pipermail/ifplugd-discuss/2004-December/28.html -- Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUB