Fedora 18 Release name voting and Poll for whether to continue naming releases

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 04/20/2012 08:34 AM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:00:58PM -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> On 04/19/2012 07:04 PM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>>> This cycle, the Board is also asking contributors to let us know if we
>>> should continue to have release names for future Fedora releases.  Even
>>> though the interface is the same, this portion is intended to be a poll
>>> rather than a straight up vote.  The Fedora Board will look at the answers
>>> to determine if enough contributors value continuing to create release names
>>> to make it worthwhile in the future.  If it does seem desirable, the Board
>>> will likely look into forming a working group to come up with a new method
>>> for creating release names for future releases.
>>
>> It would be nice to have a third option:
>> -Change release names to release theme.
>>
>> We don't really need a name (IMO), but the theme adds a nice touch.

Whatever rule you choose somebody will always find a reason to complain.

> Some other Scenario?
>
> Originally we considered having three questions:
>
> * keep release naming the way it is.

Why isn't adding a link to an explanation to avoid misunderstandings 
originating from conotations sufficient anymore? This is at least what 
had been done in the past.

Ralf