Re: What does "dot.plan" mean?

[Gregory Merchan <merchan phys lsu edu>]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 06:58:18PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I don't know why the release planning section on developer.gnome.org is
> > called "dot.plan". I'd like to change it to "Release Plans" so that
> > civilians know what it is. Objections?
> 
> "dot plan" is the ".plan" file in a users home directory that "finger"
> uses. Its old unix speak. Much as I am attached to it I suspect the UI
> guys would put the old name in the "stupid" category 8)

Hey, hey! It was one of the (former?) UI guys that proposed it.

Me. :-)

(Though, originally it was just one dot.)

Cheers,
Greg Merchan