[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

Tue Sep 21 17:51:05 CEST 2010

On 09/21/2010 05:43 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+> 2010/9/21 John Keller <mageia at johnkeller.com>:
+>>
+>> I agree, "brewery" or "brew" is a nice one!
+>>
+>  Now may I show the "too complicated for different languages and
+> cultures" card? It may even be offending for religious people whose
+> religion forbids alcohol.
+
+Good point, I hadn't thought of that. Well, still nice if you like beer.
+
+On the other hand (ah ha!), "brew" doesn't have to be alcohol-related,
+since it can refer to a cooking process or a witch's brew. (Back to
+cauldron...) Or, "what's brewing?"
+
+Also, I've already seen one comment on DistroWatch from an Islamic user
+saying that he wasn't going to be able to use Mageia because of the
+Quran's views on magic. I'm not sure if he was serious or not, but
+certainly someone would be about that. I'm not suggesting we dig the
+hole any deeper, but at least if there's going to be a deal-breaker with
+strictly religious users, it probably won't be the name of the dev branch.
+
+> Sorry, this isn't meant as a reprise, it's just coincidence.
+
+No worries, wobo - what's good for the goose is good for the gander. ;-)
+
+- John
+