Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 08/07/2012 07:34 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7. August 2012. 14.44.32 Tim wrote:
>> On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 00:48 -0400, Doug wrote:
>>> Well, here's my 2¢: I think naming is dumb, *because* there is no
>>> logical sequence to it--the reader does not know whether the named
>>> version is current, last year's, or 2005's.
>> The naming is in *addition* to the release number.  There's no technical
>> problem in giving it a name.  Just, perhaps, a logistical problem if
>> people keep referring to names that people are unfamiliar with.
> Also, giving a name to the particular release of a distro has a
> social/emotional character, like giving a name to a newborn child. It is only
> natural that developers are emotionally attached to their latest "creation",
> and want to give it a name, a form of personal touch.
>
> People do the same thing for servers, CPU's, automobiles, fishing rods, dogs,
> cats, hurricanes, etc... It happens all the time, and is a very natural human
> behavior.
>
> Folks who dislike giving a name to a distro don't need to participate in the
> naming process. As for criticizing the idea, they should first think if they
> would be willing to name their newborn son as "Child-25/07/2012-male", or
> would they prefer to call him "Frank Jr.". ;-)
>
> HTH, :-)
> Marko
>
>
As far as I can see, there's no imminent harm to giving a new release of 
an OS a name, if anything it gives it an identity, something to 
associate it with, such as when two developers are talking and one says 
have you seen the splash screens for "Verne"?....with the two of them 
BOTH knowing what Fedora 16's "name" is. If someone doesn't think an OS 
release shouldn't' be named they can just ignore the name and go ahead 
and call it by whatever makes them happy! Remember Linux is all about 
"Freedom Of Choice"...whatever you choose to do, (within bounds of 
course!) is fine!


EGO II