rawhide and Fedora QA [was Re: why I'm using Ubuntu instead of Fedora ATM]

[Warren Togami]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> 
> The term rawhide stems from before Fedora (Core). During Fedora Core 1
> and later there was a marketing effort to rename it to development. So
> any rawhide references have been officially changed to development.
> 
> But rawhide is such a persistant name that it just doesn't fade away :)
> 
> Don't ask me why it was decided to not use this name anymore, maybe
> because it was derived from and resembles too much Red Hat
> ("Raw-Hide")? But people need a name for the next to come release, so
> rawhide is still used.
> 
> Maybe if instead of a generic name like "development" it would get a
> code name then people would really drop using the term rawhide. Or
> Fedora could just reembrace the term "rawhide" and use it more
> prominently in the wiki, as most developers use the term rawhide
> anyway on lists, irc etc.
> 
> So to come back to your problem: Just look for "development" instead
> of "rawhide" in the wiki.

"development" is too generic of a word.  Searches will find too much 
irrelevant information.  We need to call it something unique or we lose.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com