[cut-team] CUT codename

[Michael Gilbert]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:50:47 +0000 Steve McIntyre wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 04:44:18PM +0100, Adnan Hodzic wrote:
> >Hey,
> >
> >Was anyone thinking of having a certain codename for CUT? It's a well
> >known fact that people are "chased" away by naming, (ie: unstable,
> >testing) and we could probably get much more people to use it this
> >way. Even if they are not chased away, whole project is followed with
> >negative notion.
> >
> >Has anyone thought of marking Debian CUT ( or Unofficial Debian
> >Monthly Testing Snapshot Release (version 2011.03 final)for that
> >matter) under a single codename. I know it's too early for any kind of
> >talk on this topic, especially giving it codename but I think these
> >things should be handled at very start. As this is the name by which
> >whole project could be recognized tomorrow.
> >
> >If we were about to give out codename suggestions, mine would be:
> >"Rocky Gibraltar" or just "Rocky"
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toy_Story_characters
> >
> >Anyone with any similar ideas or thoughts?
> 
> The last thing it needs is a different codename IMHO; it'll be based
> on wheezy already...

Agreed.  Testing already has a codename.  If you want to refer to
these efforts it as anything, call them wheezy snapshots or wheezy cut
(as appropriate to the matter at hand). In my opinion, this effort
should not be about adopting Ubuntuisms.  

Mike