Fedora naming proposal based on Periodic Table of Elements

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:26 PM, 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.

Were you not one of the people that was on the beefy miracle band wagon?

Peter