The Future of release names

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On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Christoph Wickert
<christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 09.05.2012, 01:39 -0700 schrieb Toshio Kuratomi:
>
>> The Board decided that it would be worthwhile to come up with a new
>> procedure for selecting the name for the Fedora 19 release and beyond to
>> attempt to solve some of the issues that have been brought up.  The Board
>> is looking for volunteers who would like to do two things:
>>
>> (1) Answer the following questions:
>>
>> * What benefits does the Project get from the current release naming
>>   process?
>
>      * A starting point for the artwork.
>      * An opportunity for marketing. At Berlin we'll be giving away
>        free hotdogs.
>      * Controversial discussions and flamewars
>      * Fun, fun, fun!
>
>> * What changes do people want to see in a revised process?
>
> Dunno, I don't want to change the rules.

Much of the fun I think comes from the unpredictable nature of the
process now. And also much of the anticipation and excitement about
Fedora artwork with each release comes from the same unpredictability
coupled with art that often is spectacular and surprising.

If the theme were always flowers (or whatever) and the release name
were always a choice of flowers (or whatever) I think the whole
business will become very boring very fast. So I hope we can find a
way to keep what makes choosing a name fun and what makes each Fedora
release exciting for the artists and for the folks who look forward to
seeing the new art each release.

And if it isn't possible to do both at once, keep the fun part of
naming and generate something for good theming, let's at least
consider decoupling the two.

John