[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"?

Tue Sep 21 00:28:29 CEST 2010

Op dinsdag 21 september 2010 00:11:43 schreef Michael Scherer:
+> Le lundi 20 septembre 2010 à 23:47 +0200, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+> > Op maandag 20 september 2010 21:42:39 schreef Michael Scherer:
+> > [...]
+> > 
+> > > Of course, this explanation is less sexy than the other one about "this
+> > > come from greek", which are true too, but I want to highlight that
+> > > choosing a name is neither easy or as fun as it sound. And that we
+> > > didn't start by saying "wow, greek is a cool language, let's find a
+> > > word from it".
+> > 
+> > one more question:
+> > 
+> > is it true that PLF is also behind mageia (ie: will PLF packages be in
+> > mageia? cause of this being an international distribution, effectively?)
+> 
+> We are not yet at that level of details, afaik, and as I said, we are
+> quite busy with others stuff.
+> 
+> My own opinion is that the issue that lead to the creation of PLF would
+> still apply.
+> 
+> Not to mention that PLF has a cool logo, and that's a good reason to not
+> drop it :p
+> 
+> But you should maybe ask to PLF directly on PLF discuss ?
+
+my main interest is to find out if it's true that PLF is involved in creating 
+mageia or not. if yes or no PLF is in mageia directly is only a side question.
+