On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > Since "Pure Blends" is a TM, i.e. means smth specific now (which is > great), NeuroDebian shouldn't get under the "Pure Blends" section. > Actually may be some blends listed there aren't really "Pure Blends" > (not yet at least) in the notion that they use pure blends > machinery (e.g. FreedomBox) > > But since url suggests generic "blends", it might make sense indeed to > make clearer distinction of Pure Blends from other beasts. This way, > whenever glorious day comes that there is Pure Blends selection > interface within d-i, there would be no confusion ;) Then > NeuroDebian could qualify as some kind of "Meta Blend" (since going > across blends) or just some kind of a generic "Blend".
We have some terminology definitions on the wiki page: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends Debian Pure Blends Terminology Pure Blend: a subset of Debian that is configured to support a particular target group out-of-the-box. One way to understand this is a list of packages that gets installed to provide a focus of use. Blend: a Debian-based distribution that is, or wants to become, a Pure Blend - i.e. has as an explicit goal of improving Debian as a whole, consequently all extras they offer will either become part of Debian, or are temporary workarounds to solve a need of the target group which can't be solved within Debian yet. Flavor: upon installation of a Blend there often is a choice, depending on the particular use, about what set of defaults to use. A flavor is the name of such a set. (e.g. Skolelinux has flavors for main-server, workstation, and thin-client-server) Subproject: group of people within Debian working together on a common purpose. In most cases this common purpose is either some specific functionality (e.g. debian-multimedia) or a Blend (e.g. debian-science). Derivative: a distribution based on Debian, no matter its goals - e.g. Ubuntu is a derivative; Debian Edu is a Debian Blend and also a Debian Derivative. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
