From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add "stg bury" command, with the functionnality of contrib/stg-sink.
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:58:13 +1200
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Julian Phillips wrote:
>> Sure... and from my own perspective as a user, I didn't even realise
>> what float did until now, and was surprised that "bury" would mean that.
>> The metaphor is a stack, not a pool or a sandpit. I don't think those
>> terms really assist in understanding, however cute they are.
>>     
>
> I find that bury is more natural than float (thinking of a stack of 
> documents on a desk ...).  But then I don't use stg ...
>   

You demonstrate my point :) by apparently missing that "bury" and
"float" are supposed to be the *opposite* of each other.

Sam.