Re: cdimage?? What should we call it?

From	Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project, linux.debian.devel.cd, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject	Re: cdimage?? What should we call it?
Date	2015-08-18 18:20 +0200
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Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:

> We called our main installer images distribution site
> cdimage.debian.org a long time ago, when that was all it published and
> most people downloaded images of CDs. Ummm. Things have moved on in
> the intervening years, and this name is looking more silly over time:

>  * lots of people are using USB sticks
>  * we're providing live images that don't fit on CD
>  * we're providing cloud images (Openstack so far, with others coming
>    soon!)

> So, I'm looking for suggestions. What should we call it? I had
> initially thought that images.debian.org is more generic, but it's
> also likely to confuse people into looking there for pictures... :-)

install.debian.org?  (get.debian.org is good too.)

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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Re: cdimage?? What should we call it? Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2015-08-18 18:20 +0200
  Re: cdimage?? What should we call it? "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2015-08-18 19:20 +0200
    Re: cdimage?? What should we call it? Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2015-08-19 00:30 +0200

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