[Ambassadors] The Future of release names

[Chris Neves]

So...
Would you like to move to a "rolling release"?  Becuase that is what you
are describing...

I like the idea of a rolling release like Debian but it also scares the
crap out of me.  I'm one of those unlucky fellows that has issues with
upgrades from time to time it.  Also, with a rolling release with no number
or naming system would make it very tough for those that are coming in to
the fold, as well as the sites that review distros.

(my 2 cents)
--
Chris Neves
chris.j.n at gmail.com



On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Jukka Palander <jukka at devspain.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 23:09 -0400, David Ramsey wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Nice posts and logical thoughts. :)
> >
> > Sending positive Fedora 16 & 17 to your compuyerss now. ;)
> >
> > Hmmm, try a google search for
> > F-18...
> >
> > Take care
> > Sincerely,
> > - David -
>
> F-18 != Fedora 18
>
>
> Also for John:
>
> Fedora Community != Fedora Release (name)
> Fedora Contributors != Fedora Release (name)
>
> No numbers, no names other than just Fedora.
>
> I just do not see any point mentioning the "Contributors" or the
> "Community". We need to see the BIG picture: End-users who are not
> familiar with Fedora (or linux at all) and by getting them to use Fedora
> it is the only way to put Fedora in common use (apart from us =
> community/contributors)!
>
> So then, if we are the "community" and "contributors", we need to see
> beyond:
>
> "Normal" Fedora users do not give a shit about the name. Only thing what
> they remember is the _number_ and that is _only_ because the number is
> growing (and therefore it must be something better/newer than a lower
> number).
>
> This is more or less the same thing that people (normal users) do not
> know what Windows they are using or what MAC they are using. Most of
> them do not even know anything about OSX or if they are using Leopard or
> Snow "some-cat"!! They are just using MAC and some people are using
> Windows.
>
> Therefore we need to simplify things! Fedora WAY!
>
> Actually now I am talking about the favour of _abandoning_ both of them!
> No numbers and no names! JUST FEDORA!
>
> Whatever the release is, it should automatically update itself to be the
> latest (release) and it should be the FEDORA - just FEDORA without
> additional name or number!
>
> So, should we rather focus (in)to be able to say that Fedora is always
> "up to date" and users do not have to know the release name or the
> number at all? Should we be the first in the world to do that?
> To have just FEDORA and no more/less.
>
> --
> Jukka
>
>
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