[Mageia-discuss] New name for cooker

[John Keller]

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