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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Herds
From:       hasufell <hasufell () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2013-06-22 9:48:14
Message-ID: 51C572DE.3000807 () gentoo ! org
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On 06/22/2013 11:38 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jun 2013, hasufell  wrote:
> 
>>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herd
>>> a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control
> 
>> On that very link:
>> a group of people usually having a common bond
> 
> That's a figurative meaning derived from the first one, but it doesn't
> make sense here. The metaphor is that the herd consists of a set of
> packages that are shepherded by their maintainers.
> 

It makes perfect sense here, because it describes a group of people (the
herd members) who have a common bond (expertise in that area).

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