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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:46:56 +0200
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net>
Subject: Re: ARRRRGH! Guys, who's breaking -STABLE's GMIRROR code?! 
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Ian Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
> 
>  > Hans Lambermont wrote:
>  > > Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>  > > > Stable is a misnomer that harms FreeBSD somewhat.
>  > > Why not rename 'stable' into 'stable-api' ?
>  > 
>  > Nice, an improvement on what we have :-) If enough agree,
>  > the name of this mail list could be changed for a start.
> 
> Sure, but what colour the new bikeshed?

Trite.    Stable != stable.  Let Core choose any non misnomer.

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