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On 08/05/2012 12:32 AM, Richard Vickery wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Andrew
Haley <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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On 08/01/2012 12:51 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:<br>
> Am I the only person who thinks that the whole idea
should be dropped?<br>
> I never, ever, heard anyone refer to Fedora-17 as Fedora
Beefy Miracle<br>
> (if that is indeed the right name).<br>
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No, you're not the only one. We discussed this at the time.<br>
We took a vote. Your side lost.<br>
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Andrew.<br>
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<div>I kind of like the idea of naming; it says that we're
creative. Sure there are some conservative types who think
that names are not cool; these people probably don't think
much of Tux either. Then there are the creative types, who
number just as many, or in our case , more, who think that
naming the distributions is a better plan than not; and we
probably work better as a group because of it.</div>
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<div>Let's not think of it in terms of winning and losing, but
of collaboration and support for the betterment of the task at
hand - making us better as a team.</div>
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Well, here's my 2¢: I think naming is dumb, *because* there is no
logical sequence to it--the reader does not know whether the named
version is current, last year's, or 2005's. <br>
Even one of the other distros, where the names are selected in
alphabetical order, like hurricanes, is confusing, since the names
are so weird and forgettable. Call me a<br>
stick-in-the-mud--you won't be the first--but I'd much prefer month
and year for version identifiers, like PCLOS does. That makes the
sequence obvious to the most casual<br>
of readers.<br>
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--doug<br>
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Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both
sides. --A.M. Greeley
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