On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 02:24:01AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > * Package name : libfile-cache-perl > > Version : 0.16 > > Upstream Author : DeWitt Clinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Err, is that the guy's real name? > I wouldn't expect .uk folks to know it, but DeWitt Clinton was (IIRC) a > governor of New York in the early 19th century and a major proponent of > canal digging. Then the railroads came along. Oh well. > (Most states in the U.S. have a town or city named Clinton, and it's > usually named for DeWitt.) Iowa in fact has a town named Clinton that sits about 20 miles from a town called DeWitt. There are no towns called 'William Jefferson' that I'm aware of. Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
