board followup to "Connotation analysis for Fedora Project codename"
Josh Boyer
jwboyer at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 21:17:28 UTC 2012
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> The board discussed the feedback stemming from the "Connotation analysis for
> Fedora Project codename" thread, and has agreed to add a period of community
> comment and feedback of at least one week, prior to putting up a final list
> of release names for community vote. This will take effect starting with
> the F19 naming process.
>
> In practical terms, we envision starting this community feedback period at
> the same time that Red Hat legal is vetting names, and that reviewing said
> feedback will require adding one week to future (F19+) naming schedules.
Why at the same time as legal review? If the Board/community is going
to disallow a name due to connotation, then it's a waste of resources
(both human and financial) to have lawyers vetting that name.
josh
More information about the advisory-board
mailing list