Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> writes: > On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Vincent Bernat wrote: > > > Why not #debian-packaging? > > It is unrelated to Debian so includes no debian- prefix.
More to the point, the ‘debian-’ prefix implies that it is specifically for the Debian Project. As I understand it, the purpose of the ‘#packaging’ channel is to avoid that constraint: unlike a channel whose name is ‘deb-’ or ‘debian-’ prefixed, any OFTC-appropriate packaging discussion is appropriate there. -- \ “Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite | `\ the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive | _o__) nihilism.” —Alain Badiou | Ben Finney