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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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