From minimalist@rocklinux.org Wed Oct 29 12:33:36 2003 Received: from nerd.clifford.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nerd.clifford.at (8.12.1/8.12.1/rock) with ESMTP id h9TBXaej031805; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:33:36 +0100 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by nerd.clifford.at (8.12.1/8.12.9/Submit) id h9TBXXaM031804; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:33:33 +0100 Received: from nerd.clifford.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nerd.clifford.at (8.12.1/8.12.1/rock) with ESMTP id h9TBVMej031689 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:31:22 +0100 Received: from localhost (clifford@localhost) by nerd.clifford.at (8.12.1/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id h9TBVLbb031686 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:31:22 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: nerd.clifford.at: clifford owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:31:21 +0100 (CET) From: Clifford Wolf In-Reply-To: <1912842559.20031029103005@freebits.de> Message-ID: References: <1912842559.20031029103005@freebits.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Precedence: list X-Sender: minimalist@rocklinux.org Reply-To: rock-linux@rocklinux.org Subject: Re: [rock-linux] Project renaming List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: X-List-Server: Minimalist v2.2(4.2) (Cocteau) On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote: > When I made thoughts about it, I came to the conclusion that ROCK Linux > may survice, but it should be decapsulated from a "Distribution Build > Kit" (so in our terminology it should be a distribution target). The distribution target would be "dROCK". > Well, I'd speak for just name it Distribution Build Kit. Or, when this > makes trouble with things like rock-consulting et al, put a ROCK > before it. (Though I don't think a rock is a very good metapher for a > DBK. :-P) But DBK or Distribution Build Kit is not a name. That would be like naming a project like the Linux Kernel "POSIX conforming operating system kernel". It is a description - not a name. A name should be short enought to be used as one single word, should be abstract enought be a unique name instead a formal description and should sound good. yours, - clifford -- | Clifford Wolf /-----=[ www.clifford.at ]==[ Tel: +43-699-10063494 ]=-\ |--------------/ diestartseite.at vocat.cc =[ Fax: +43-2235-42788-4 ]=-| |-=[ EDEN Creations -- www.edenevents.at ]==[ IRC: www.freenode.net ]=-| \==[ www.rocklinux.org ]===[ www.rocklinux.net ]===[ www.linbit.com ]==/ 2B OR (NOT 2B) That is the question. The answer is FF. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send a mail with the subject "unsubscribe rock-linux" to . For more information about ROCK Linux have a look at .