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Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> posted 448E1480.6020307@g.o, |
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excerpted below, on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:27:28 +0200: |
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> Alec Warner wrote: |
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>> I prefer gentoo-x86, although others hate that x86-centric moniker ;) |
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> ebuilds' tree could be ok (now after the transgender cow Larry we greet |
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> the transgenic fruits that grown on trees but have to be herded: the |
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> Ebuilds!) |
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> Ok, I should not post after midnight, local time... |
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I don't know... the idea seems to fit in perfectly with the idiosyncratic |
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Larry the cow, the mystery of the UFO guy, etc. Come up with some sort of |
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tree graphic and the next step is a wallpaper with Larry under the tree, |
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and the UFO guy in the background... and the Gentoo logo, of course! =8^) |
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Something like that would be great to run at the various conference Gentoo |
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booths, and I can envision myself running it as well. |
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To the topic at hand, however... IMO, we need to choose a name, or rather |
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two of them, that address and make unambiguous the difference between the |
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overall package manager tree (including all the overlays and multiple |
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repositories that may exist on a local instance), and the official Gentoo |
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tree (which Alec referred to as gentoo-x86, correct if not now accurate, |
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due to history). Disambiguating between the two should prove very |
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useful/helpful/dis-confusing, and choosing names that are clear both to |
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users and devs (unlike gentoo-x86, which can be quite confusing to a user) |
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will reduce confusion on bugzilla and the like, as well. |
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Unfortunately, I don't have any good suggestions, but I'm sure others can |
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come up with some. =8^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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