Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:03:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggest renaming and extending the -CURRENT and -STABLE lines Message-ID: <fel3eu$2rnp$2@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <feilee$2m3t$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <86przndoe8.fsf@ds4.des.no> <feir48$ah4$1@sea.gmane.org>
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:29:12 +0200 Ivan Voras wrote: > This will probably degenerate into a bikeshed so I'll add just one > suggestion: rename "-STABLE" to "-ABISTABLE" or "-STABLEABI" and carry > on as usual. :) That however is a little hard for an inexperienced user to read or understand. It may be the technically correct term but we all know that there are lots of those around - not only in CS - that can't possibly mean anything useful to an outsider. Either we give all the branches names that are technically correct but at the same time let the user grasp what he is doing, or we give completely meaningless names (in a technical sense) like "Peter", "Paul" and "Mary" and write characterizations for each of these. Using names like this will force the user to read the documentation before choosing a branch. Regards Chris
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