Fedora naming proposal based on Periodic Table of Elements

[Lynn Dixon]

I completely agree with Máirín.  Beefy Miracle and Spherical Cow just
sounds silly to me.  I would hate to see the Fedora status quo become
silly, and ridiculed by the Linux community.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy at fedoraproject.org>wrote:

> On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 14:34 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
> > Not to throw any more flame on the fire, but I really prefer the
> > current method (the one we've used since Fedora's inception). I really
> > dislike the direction this has taken. The current mechanism works just
> > fine for most folks, or they don't care. I think spinning our wheels
> > on a decision to move forward is probably more one of 'why are we
> > doing this again?' syndrome. I'm not sure the connotation analysis
> > that started this conversation really represented the feelings of
> > everyone in the Fedora community. It certainly didn't for me.
>
> The current trend of our naming scheme is highly embarrassing and the
> media unfortunately agrees. Here's one chock full of quotes from
> prominent Fedora contributors who don't like it either:
>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/488900/
>
> The folks who came up with the naming scheme themselves have said enough
> is enough.
>
> ~m
>
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