[proposal] Simplified junior tags &
debtags-based replacement for metapackages
Justin B Rye
jbr at edlug.org.uk
Sat Apr 1 23:23:31 UTC 2006
Ben Armstrong wrote:
> As for dak's use of "suite" to mean "testing", "stable", etc. I don't
> see the clash. People don't get confused that there's a tuxpaint
> project, a GNOME project and a Debian project. Neither should they be
> confused that tuxpaint is in the Debian Jr. suite, which is looked after
> by the Debian Jr. project, and which is also a part of the Debian
> "testing" suite.
I've certainly known newbies to be confused by the idea that the
word for what Woody/Sarge/Etch/Sid are is "suites". It's not that
the label is inaccurate, it's just that it's vague and arbitrary -
we might equally well talk about a "base suite", or a "contrib
suite". What people seem to expect is that Woody/Sarge/Etch/Sid are
"releases" (which isn't quite right, even if they do each have a
Release.gz).
I think "branches" was the answer, but it's too late now. Anyway,
now I've woken up again I should do some more tagging...
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JBR
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