Is that a NASCAR thing or something? I've never heard of it as a thing. I used to run varsity x-country and track and we didn't use 'DNF' to mean 'Did Not Finish' afaik.
In a computing community I'd think it'd more likely evoke 'Disjunctive Normal Form' which has no negative connotation.
Not that this is really the thread or list to discuss this.
~m
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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bryan Sutherland bryan.sutherland@gmail.com </div><div>Date:02/06/2015 1:47 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Fedora Marketing team marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org </div><div>Subject: Re: DNF Article </div><div> </div>LOL, hindsight: DNF may not have been such a great name... DNF a.k.a. Did Not Finish :/
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Glen Rundblom glen@rundblom.com wrote: Hello Marketing Group. I have an article about DNF in the pending state. Could someone take a few minutes and review it to see if it's something that would be good for the magazine. I also made a little PNG graphic with Gimp script-fu if that would be beneficial.
Thank you, -Glen
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:11 AM, Máirín Duffy duffy@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Is that a NASCAR thing or something? I've never heard of it as a thing. I used to run varsity x-country and track and we didn't use 'DNF' to mean 'Did Not Finish' afaik.
It isn't a NASCAR thing and it is very commonly used for Did Not Finish (DNS is commonly used for Did Not Start similarly). Do a search for Boston Marathon and DNF and you'll see it all over the place.
John
Greetings,
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It isn't a NASCAR thing and it is very commonly used for Did Not Finish (DNS is commonly used for Did Not Start similarly). Do a search for Boston Marathon and DNF and you'll see it all over the place.
So friggin' what? You'll remember that our update program is called "fedup". Comparatively, at least this is an acronym. Now if dnf was renamed to fubar or snafu... then we might have a problem. :)
TYL,
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Scott Dowdle dowdle@montanalinux.org wrote:
Greetings,
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It isn't a NASCAR thing and it is very commonly used for Did Not Finish (DNS is commonly used for Did Not Start similarly). Do a search for Boston Marathon and DNF and you'll see it all over the place.
So friggin' what? You'll remember that our update program is called "fedup". Comparatively, at least this is an acronym. Now if dnf was renamed to fubar or snafu... then we might have a problem. :)
I don't care what it is named and it makes no difference to me one way or another. Just confirming that for a lot of people this is in fact the first thing they will think of because it is in fact commonly used this way. And it isn't some NASCAR thing, whatever that was intended to convey.
John
On 02/06/2015 05:11 PM, inode0 wrote:
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It isn't a NASCAR thing and it is very commonly used for Did Not Finish (DNS is commonly used for Did Not Start similarly). Do a search for Boston Marathon and DNF and you'll see it all over the place.
So friggin' what? You'll remember that our update program is called "fedup". Comparatively, at least this is an acronym. Now if dnf was renamed to fubar or snafu... then we might have a problem. :)
I don't care what it is named and it makes no difference to me one way or another. Just confirming that for a lot of people this is in fact the first thing they will think of because it is in fact commonly used this way. And it isn't some NASCAR thing, whatever that was intended to convey.
Not sure debating the naming here is going to accomplish anything. If you have a suggestion for a better name, maybe ping the developer(s) and make the suggestion?
DNF didn't have any connotation for me, but it also doesn't express what it does. But if we feel that the name could be better, then we should ask the developers whether they're open to a new name, then make a positive suggestion.
Best,
jzb
On Feb 6, 2015 6:11 AM, "Máirín Duffy" duffy@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Is that a NASCAR thing or something? I've never heard of it as a thing. I
used to run varsity x-country and track and we didn't use 'DNF' to mean 'Did Not Finish' afaik.
My wife races triathlons and I'm pretty sure they use "DNF" for that. Especially in the longer races it's pretty common to have a significant number of people dropping out so I guess it's handy to use the acronym. Thus ends my useless information for today. :-)
Russell
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