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Re: Frustration over Debian naming

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rhkramer:

> Intentionally cross posted. Aside: For those on the debian-user lists, 
> the thread came from the debian-backports list, but my frustration 
> should probably be expressed more to the debian-user list (or 
> debian-developer list, assuming there is such a list (to which I am 
> not subscribed). [...]
>
> But the various names and use of those names gets very frustrating for 
> me, and I suspect I am not the only one. The numbered versions, the 
> Toy Story names, and then the testing, stable, old stable, old old 
> stable is just frustrating.
>
Tangentially to that, it seems that someone needs to pick up the dropped 
baton and update the pictures.

* 
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/thumb/a/aa/Timelinededebian.png/800px-Timelinededebian.png

* 
http://blog.admin-linux.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/infographic_debian_history-en-v081.png

* http://doc.callmematthi.eu/pictures/Understanding_Debian.png

* https://i.stack.imgur.com/nLXu9.jpg

* 
https://bsdmag.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/infographic_debian-v2.1.en_.png

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Re: Frustration over Debian naming Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-02-05 23:50 +0100
  Re: Frustration over Debian naming Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-02-06 07:30 +0100
    Re: Frustration over Debian naming Stéphane Blondon <stephane.blondon@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 21:50 +0100
      Re: Frustration over Debian naming Stéphane Blondon <stephane.blondon@gmail.com> - 2018-02-06 22:10 +0100

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