Hi,
>>"jghasler" == jghasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
jghasler> What secrets are being protected by this code?
If I told you that, I would have to kill you ;-)
>> ...similar to the codenames that Microsoft...
jghasler> Oh. Well, if *Microsoft* does it, it *must* be a good idea.
Gak! A hit! A palpable hit!
jghasler> Obscure code names are ok in closed development where the
jghasler> only people who need to know the names deal with them all
jghasler> day every day and so will learn them quickly. In open
jghasler> development, they are confusing.
I have yet to hear a developer say they are confused. In fact,
this is the first time I have heard *anyone* say they are
confused. You have, then, this dubious distinction.
>> The sequence (buzz, rex, bo, hamm) follows names of characters in
>> the Pixar animated movie, "Toy Story".
jghasler> Cartoon character names are somehow supposed to be mnemonics
jghasler> for Debian releases?
Yup. Though of course, the general public knows stable,
unstable, and Debian 1.1.3, for example. You don't *have* to know the
names.
>> There was some brief discussion of calling Debian 2.0 "woody",
>> after the main character of the movie, but we quickly realized the
>> possible unwanted confusion that would result.
jghasler> Doesn't seem any more or less confusing than "bo", "rex",
jghasler> etc.
An american, heh? It has some rather, ... umm.., unwholesome
connotations in other English speaking parts of the world.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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