Dapper Drake and Bird Flu

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:07:48 +1100
Jamie Jones <hentai_yagi at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 11:12 +0100, Jean Privat wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I want to focus your attention on a small communication point.
> > I'm not sure that releasing a product named "Drake" is a good idea in
> > a H5 bird flu context.
> > However, maybe this point is not is not relevant since "Dapper Drake"
> > is only a codename.
> > 
> 
> <warning, not suitable for the humuor impaired>
> 
> A few points.
> 
> 1) Avian Influenza is not contactable from from handling or using Ubuntu
> in any way.
> 
> 2) Should you actually contract Avian Influenza from Ubuntu, you are
> advised to report it here https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+filebug
> along with detailed steps on how to reproduce this bug.
> 
> 3) Even though it has been debated to death, drake is both a male duck,
> and a dragon (even though in some areas the duck usage is more common)
> 
> 4) As you noted, it is only a codename, and most people tent to refer to
> it by either its release name (6.04) or by the name "dapper".

5) The release of the "Dapper Drake" is likely to be delayed, by a cautious
"quarantine period" of up to 6 weeks... 


-- 
Peter Garrett