Fedora naming proposal based on Periodic Table of Elements

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On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Máirín Duffy <duffy at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 11:44 -0500, inode0 wrote:
>> > The folks who came up with the naming scheme themselves have said enough
>> > is enough.
>>
>> I think there is a pretty big disconnect between what people think is
>> the reaction and what people at events representing Fedora see as the
>> reaction. I know I have not seen anything at all negative personally
>> at events with non-Fedora people. I only see negativity about the name
>> internally.
>
> Ambassadors have reported frustration trying to introduce Fedora to new
> users because they have no idea what the release names mean and feel
> it's an inside joke they aren't welcome to, and struggle to explain them
> because of the language barrier. I remember talking to Tatica about this
> at LGM when the 'spherical cow' codename was announced.

I am aware of tatica's concerns. I really don't see why this is a big
hurdle. Release names almost never come up in conversations with
people at events anyway and it is easy enough to smile and say "oh,
Beefy Miracle was just Fedora having a little fun" and move on to
important things.

> So maybe non-Fedora people aren't complaining because they have no idea
> what's going on or were turned off and went to another distro.

Actually for the first time in my experience I was approached by
people who gently ribbed me about the name or who asked a first
question about where it came from. I think it opened doors rather than
closed them but one can never know who didn't come and for what
reason.

John