Renaming F16 codename to "Ritchie"

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Thu Oct 13 19:50:35 UTC 2011


On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:11:43 -0500,
  inode0 <inode0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is a lovely sentiment but I think it would prove difficult to
> accomplish at this point in time and would be a little disruptive to
> the artwork/codename theming that is already finished.

More than a little disruptive.

> As an alternative I would suggest leaving the codenames as they are
> but when we release F16 we do so in memory of Dennis Ritchie.

I would rather see a dedication than a release name change.


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