I completely agree with Máirín. Beefy Miracle and Spherical Cow just sounds silly to me. I would hate to see the Fedora status quo become silly, and ridiculed by the Linux community.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Máirín Duffy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:duffy@fedoraproject.org" target="_blank">duffy@fedoraproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 14:34 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:<br>
> Not to throw any more flame on the fire, but I really prefer the<br>
> current method (the one we've used since Fedora's inception). I really<br>
> dislike the direction this has taken. The current mechanism works just<br>
> fine for most folks, or they don't care. I think spinning our wheels<br>
> on a decision to move forward is probably more one of 'why are we<br>
> doing this again?' syndrome. I'm not sure the connotation analysis<br>
> that started this conversation really represented the feelings of<br>
> everyone in the Fedora community. It certainly didn't for me.<br>
<br>
</div>The current trend of our naming scheme is highly embarrassing and the<br>
media unfortunately agrees. Here's one chock full of quotes from<br>
prominent Fedora contributors who don't like it either:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/488900/" target="_blank">http://lwn.net/Articles/488900/</a><br>
<br>
The folks who came up with the naming scheme themselves have said enough<br>
is enough.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
~m<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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