Re: DNF Article

[Máirín Duffy]

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

Sent from my phone, which is not an iphone.

<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bryan Sutherland
<bryan.sutherland(a)gmail.com&gt; </div><div>Date:02/06/2015  1:47 AM 
(GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Fedora Marketing team
<marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; </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(a)rundblom.com&gt; 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

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DNF Article

[inode0]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:11 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; 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

DNF Article

[Scott Dowdle]

Greetings,

----- Original Message -----
>  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,
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[inode0]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle(a)montanalinux.org&gt; wrote:
>  Greetings,
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> > 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

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[Joe Brockmeier]

On 02/06/2015 05:11 PM, inode0 wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> 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
-- 
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jzb(a)redhat.com | http://community.redhat.com/
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[Russell Harrison]

On Feb 6, 2015 6:11 AM, "Máirín Duffy" <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; 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