Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

Aha! I think I have solved the terminology problem!

For many working on the LO project, English is their second language.*
Clearly, when terms were being proposed, someone misheard, which why is why
the two forks were not named “Fresh" and “Stale".

Rearguards,
Hedley

* I have only one language and even that is not too flash.

Typed laboriously on my Galaxy S2
On 01/10/2014 4:01 AM, "Tanstaafl" <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:

> On 9/30/2014 10:40 AM, Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Le 30/09/2014 16:12, Tanstaafl a écrit :
> > > variation) - ie, 'Stable', 'Testing', 'Development' - is what is
> ridiculous.
>
> > But those doesn't exist anywhere else, because we are not producing a
> > distro but a desktop software and the concept is completely different.
> > And yet, this is something that you don't want to ear.
>
> Not at all... it is nothing to do with my not wanting to hear anything.
>
> The end result software is completely different, but the concept is
> *identical*.
>
> All you need to do to confirm this is read what you (the proponents of
> these silly/ridiculous newly invented terms 'Fresh' and 'Still') say to
> *describe* these terms to see this.
>
> Saying otherwise is totally disengenuous.
>
> > > Use STANDARD terms, then precisely define THOSE.
>
> > Which are certainly not stable, testing and development.
>
> Seriously? If you truly believe this, then you have never done any
> software development.
>
> > > If you really insist on having two different 'Stable' branches, then
> > > name them something like 'Stable-New' and 'Stable-Old' or something else
> > > that makes much more sense than 'Still' or 'Fresh.
>
> > Then, do you think that those two stable won't confuse the users?
>
> Some, yes, but *far* *far* less than 'Still' and 'Fresh', nd it will be
> much easier to explain the difference.
>
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