[oi-dev] MATE 1.14 Desktop for OpenIndiana

[Aurélien Larcher]

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:18 AM, Nikola M <minikola at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/ 9/16 01:09 AM, Aurélien Larcher wrote:
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> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:02 AM, Nikola M <minikola at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> It is about precising what is named what.
>> Not looking what is active and how long and how.
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>> You can't call /dev past development releases a "Legacy" since "Legacy"
>> is reserved for /legacy and they are Opensolaris dev. releases.
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>> It's not about what is active or, not, we all know only OI hipster is
>> currently active it is simple you can't just decide to change /dev's name
>> because you say so,
>> because you create conflict of naming that creates confusion for users
>> and documentation.
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>> I don't find this humorous , I understand you recommend that Openindiana
>> development releases in /dev be called "Vintage releases".
>> I don't think that is more appropriate to call it "Old Openindiana /dev
>> development releases" and naming it wit any new name including one you
>> proposed, would create confusion and disable /dev renewal.
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> OK. The difference is between names and labels: labels are moving targets.
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> You can't introduce any labels, because they collide with the name as
> explained or are innacurate. Labels are not needed and are confusing.
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> Ok, so you will fix it to wording be "Old Openindiana development
> releases" ?
> And you will fix it that there is no any "Devide" in Openindiana in the
> past and now?
> That requires that your announcement be rewritten?
> What do you propose to be exact wording of an announcement then?
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> I hope we don't need to put this to the vote,
> since it is obvious that /legacy exists and is in use and that "Vintage"
> cna't be used for labeling,
> because it hurts proposed /dev repository renewal project.
>

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