[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

Tue Sep 21 20:18:21 CEST 2010

On 09/21/2010 06:22 PM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> 'Twas brillig, and John Keller at 21/09/10 16:51 did gyre and gimble:
+>> 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?"
+> 
+> Yes indeed. The alcohol link is purely optional. It very much applies to
+> other things, such as a nice cup of tea. In fact a common question to
+> someone asking if they want a cup of tea is "Fancy a brew?". All
+> innocent and nice and child friendly! :)
+> 
+>> 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.
+> 
+> I think that is probably an overreaction! Some religions would probably
+> consider anything that runs via electricity to be magic. As with
+> anything it's all about interpretation. If you take things too
+> literally, you could find a reason to avoid just about everything.
+> 
+> While I think we obviously need to be respectful, we shouldn't concern
+> ourselves with every possible interpretation.
+
+Oh, I absolutely agree! I meant exactly that by citing the one poster's
+worry (real or not). If people are already going to avoid the distro for
+its name alone, then the name of the dev branch is hardly going to be a
+deterrent.
+
+- John
+