Help us rebrand rawhide

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 09:55:07AM +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> -1 for rolling from me. Here's why:
> 1. Users will most likely misinterpret this codename to mean a
> _stable_rolling_release version of Fedora, which rawhide is not. We

Yeah, I agree with this.

> I think the idea here is to make rawhide *cool*, in a race car driver
> sort of way - it's fast, it likes to stay ahead, it has an adrenaline
> rush to it, it likes to win, and it takes some risks to do this
> (Sylvester Stallone in Driven, anyone?). So it's super cool to be a
> rawhide user, but it's also more risky - in a fun, daredevil way!

This too.

> I don't have too many name suggestions at the moment. Things like:
> - El Nino (the NFS game had a really quick car named El Nino)
> - Nitro - or some Nascar or other racing reference? (I know nothing
> about Nascar)
> - Something like hyper/warp/jump drive (if there's a cooler name to
> these?)
> +1 to "Dune Buggy", but maybe the "buggy" part doesn't help us.

LOL — yes, let's keep "buggy" out of it.


For what it's worth, my suggestion at the session was "Bikeshed". :)


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Matthew Miller
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