Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 08/11/2012 04:20 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 12:41 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> 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!
>
> I have no problems, personally, in naming releases.  I'm sure it's  
> much easier for the devs to refer to them by name, especially in 
> conversation.  And, for some distros, such as Ubuntu, the userbase 
> tends to use the names, not release number, making the names even more 
> important.  My objection to the name for F17 is that it sounds 
> immature, rather as though it had been picked by a thirteen-year-old 
> boy suffering from testosterone overload for the first time.  Yes, I 
> understand that it was picked to honor the memory of a well-liked 
> Fedora developer, but that's what it looks like to me.
>
> Names can be a good thing, but an ill-chosen one can be a PR 
> nightmare.  I think that the only reason we've not had trouble over 
> Beefy Miracle is the fact that most people who know anything about 
> Fedora tend to ignore the names and those who don't mostly know why it 
> got the name. This time, we got lucky and didn't end up with a metric 
> butload of bad publicity.  In the future, I think that some of the 
> more mature devs might want to take a little time to make sure that we 
> use a little common sense and avoid such names.
>
> YMMV, and if it does, please remember that the above is only my 
> opinion and you're free to ignore it if you want.
No worries Joe! I feel that we can *all *contribute something to this 
great project known as Fedora, so even YOUR opinion counts!...As for 
myself....I'd like to see the names go in a more "Start Trek / Star Wars 
/ Battlestar Galactica" direction myself......but hey....here's to 
hoping!...


EGO II
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