Re: [ja-discuss] introduction

[Hirano Kazunari]

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(B> Hello Catch,
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(B> 1$B!k(B The initiative was not really followed outside the NLC
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(B> 2$B!k(B There was a (more or less true) critic saying that naming
(B> releases meant behaving like Microsoft (with their Stinger,
(B> Longhorn, etc.) 
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(B> and that was not in the "spirit of open source
(B> and free software to name releases like that".
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(B> 3$B!k(B It seems that there was a lot of confusion. 
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(B> For instance, we
(B> had a code name for the 1.1.3 (Hakone) but then, it was for a
(B> micro-release. 
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(B> What should we do for the major release (2.0)?
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(B> Should we put it on the same level? The 1.1.3 is supposedly
(B> less important than the 2.0, so it could be better to only
(B> name the major releases.
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(B> At some point, the Marketing project and the NLC agreed to
(B> stop the official naming of releases
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(B> and decided that, if the
(B> Japanese project wanted, we could name them informally.
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(B> In short, the plan was brought to an end :-( but maybe someday
(B> we can bring it back to life. 
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(B> I think both of us should try to
(B> think about new ways to revamp this initiative.
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(B> I personnally really liked this initiative. 
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(B> I'm trying to
(B> suggest something similar: naming a "native-lang project of
(B> the month". 
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(B> One project per month would set up a page (outside
(B> the main site) with pictures, a little bit of details on their
(B> culture, languages, and themselves. 
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