Debian's which hunt [LWN.net]

Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 28, 2021 14:53 UTC (Thu) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
Parent article: Debian's which hunt

I must be getting slow in my old age. It took me until the end of the article to see the "which/witch" joke.

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Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 28, 2021 21:32 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (3 responses)

I do wonder whether the whole article was written so our editor could get the pun in the last line in. (Which is obviously an excellent reason to write a very interesting article!)

Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 29, 2021 5:43 UTC (Fri) by nilsmeyer (guest, #122604) [Link]

Maybe, I'm looking forward to the follow-up "Ding Dong, the which is dead" if they ever decide to remove which.

Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 31, 2021 12:49 UTC (Sun) by ermo (subscriber, #86690) [Link] (1 responses)

> I do wonder whether the whole article was written so our editor could get the pun in the last line in. (Which is obviously an excellent reason to write a very interesting article!)

Which may or may not be viewed as an excellent pun in and of itself. Well played Sir.

Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 31, 2021 12:52 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Hah! I... didn't even notice that :) the power of unconscious double meanings!

Debian's which hunt

Posted Oct 28, 2021 21:38 UTC (Thu) by developer122 (guest, #152928) [Link]

25, and I got to the end of the article ("whichcraft") before I realized that I haven't read about a single witch hunt in this entire article.