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fyi Debian names their releases after Toy Story characters. Sid (Debian unstable) is named after the guy that breaks the toys.
by partycoder 9y ago
fyi Debian names their releases after Toy Story characters.
Sid (Debian unstable) is named after the guy that breaks the toys.
- JoshTriplett 9y agoAnd experimental is called "rc-buggy". (Debian has the notion of "Release Critical" or "RC" bugs, which affect migration from unstable to testing, so I find the nickname "rc-buggy" for experimental hilarious.)
- glandium 9y agoIMHO, rc-buggy would have been a better pun for unstable (which is where packages with RC bugs are blocked until they can transition to testing).
- JoshTriplett 9y agoIt would have been, yes, but sid was already named.
- wichert 9y agoA nice inheritance for the days of Bruce Perens, who used to work at Pixar.
- Kostic 9y agoI've also heard that Sid is acronym for "Still in development".
- partycoder 9y agoDebian wiki says that backronym is incorrect. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Which_Toy_Story_character_is_Sid.3F https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Which_Toy_Story_chara...