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On 06/22/2013 11:38 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2013, hasufell wrote: |
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>>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herd |
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>>> a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
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>> On that very link: |
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>> a group of people usually having a common bond |
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> That's a figurative meaning derived from the first one, but it doesn't |
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> make sense here. The metaphor is that the herd consists of a set of |
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> packages that are shepherded by their maintainers. |
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It makes perfect sense here, because it describes a group of people (the |
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herd members) who have a common bond (expertise in that area). |
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