Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 17:30:52 -0600 From: nate@sneezy.sri.com (Nate Williams) To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: List name-change ( was Re: Proposal to change name of this list to a less embarrassing one) Message-ID: <199507052330.RAA14747@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <9507052314.AA17533@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> References: <5100.804977520@freefall.cdrom.com> <9507052314.AA17533@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
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Sean Kelly writes: > >>>>> "Jordan" == Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> writes: > > Jordan> How about "devel"? > > `devel' is appropriate given the BSD daemons that are hanging about, > but I just don't like devel as an abbreviation for `development' or > `developers' or whatever. I think `dev' communicates the same idea > more concisely and attractively. FYI - Daemons aka 'devils' are spelled with an 'i' and not with an 'e'. I think the change to 'dev' or 'devel' is fine, and although I don't have any personal reasons for choosing one over the other, the shorter name is nicer because it means less typing. :-) Nate
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