I agree with this. If something unstable is going to be based on Debian, then I think a different (non-Debian) name should be used.
Chris. On 15/04/2008, Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will Kaiser dijo [Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:44:05PM -0700]: > > (...) > > I'm also pretty sure our goals are aligned a bit differently. The marketing > > on the Debian Live CD website doesn't spell out that they are targeting > > Desktop Linux or use as an alternative to derivatives such as Ubuntu and > > friends. We also use a cool but non-standard apt configuration. Mainly > > though, it's the marketing on the live cd project that won't work with our > > primary goal. To appeal to (non-techie) Ubuntu users, you pretty much need > > to use puppets and pictures to explain what your distro can do. > > Umh... I know this will sound quite boring to you - But I (and I > guess, many of the Debian people) do not like the idea of presenting > testing/unstable snapshots as something ready for the end-user to > install. Hey, if they want unstable software, why not try > Ubuntu?</joke> > > I understand you have your own motivations, and I know our testing is > more workable and more stable than many official distributions... But > anyway, Debian releases _are_ stable, and presenting Debiwhatever as a > testing snapshot won't do much good to Debian's reputation - known for > being anal about stability. > > Greetings, > > -- > Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 > PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 > Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ A great GNU/Linux distro: http://wiki.gnewsense.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
