> On Thu, 16.10.08 12:28, Jon Ciesla (limb@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >> > I don't think using smelly worlds like that one and forgetting about >> their >> > history would be good for a formalized workflow like ours in >> > Fedora. I mean, we are supposed to be democratic with all our >> > board elections and stuff. But, uh, using Nazi terminology is not a >> > good way to promote that. >> > >> > Or, if we have "Überpackagers", maybe it's time to rename normal >> > packagers to "Unterpackagers"? That would fit awfully well into our >> > pursuit for world domination, wouldn't it? >> >> Point taken, but in all honesty, this has been being bandied about for >> awhile. Wouldn't have been more expedient to contribute to the naming >> discussion before extensive infrastructure changes we made? >> >> I mean, I agree with you to some extent, but the goat has already run >> off >> with the burrito, so to speak. > > Neither your hungry goat nor the fact that I don't follow all and very > single discussion on the fedora MLs changes that "Überpackager" is a > pretty bad choice of words. Neither do I. I though this had been on f-announce. Immaterial. . . > I noticed the adoption of this term for the first time a week or two > ago when I had to log into FAS and noticed I had become an > Überpackager. And, oh, god, with my blonde hair and blue eyes it felt > so deserved... To fair, I'm descended from Polish Catholics, and I didn't even think about it, and I've read quite a bit of Nietzsche. I can certainly understand why many would be sensitive to this, but I guess in my mind I associate Nietzsche less with what a textbook of mine euphemistically referred to as Problems in Western Civilization than I do with one philosopher's rants on Why 4$$holes Get Ahead. Not to dismiss your concerns, I'm just trying to illustrate why someone in a different milieu might have missed it. Do you have an alternate suggestion? Package-guru? Spec-mentat? > Lennart > > -- > Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. > lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 > http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- novus ordo absurdum -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
