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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 23 August 2009 10:49:32 Matthew East wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Martin Albisetti<argentina@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> > I think we should refer to the series as "Karmic 9.10". While I know
> > there's a convention to stop calling released by their code names
> > after they're released, the truth is that so many people know about it
> > by their code name and not their release version, that it gets
> > confusing. Showing both solves this problem.
>
> I think that the distribution's decision about branding should be
> respected. Your point is one that might be relevant to a distribution
> level discussion about whether to change the current policy (although
> I don't think it will) but I don't think it's relevant to Launchpad's
> decision about how to show a distribution series.
>
> Thinking about it from the perspective of Launchpad design, if in the
> future quite a few different distributions use Launchpad, it seems to
> me to be a waste of time for Launchpad's designers to have to evaluate
> how best to refer to the different series of the distribution. It
> should simply use the details provided by the distribution. So I agree
> with Stuart.

The redesigned page, when it lands, will respect the distribution's branding 
and use its title only.

The page should appear on edge tomorrow, all being well.

Thanks for the feedback!