Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

[Caitlyn O'Hanna]

As "suit-and-tie" as some may view it, I'd rather have "$distro
$relver" than "$distro $relver
$somestupidname-yes-im-talking-to-you-beefy-miracle"

What happened to the days of having names like Leonidas and Verne?
Maybe include in the rules that it needs to be slightly more relevant
than "beey miracle" or "chicken vindaloo"?


--Caitlyn

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:29 AM, DJ Delorie <dj at delorie.com> wrote:
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> Please do not give instructions to the general population, that the
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> My only request is to avoid names that sound like themes from other
> distros.  Any scheme we choose needs to be different enough to stand
> on its own.
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> For example, any "$adjective $noun" name is going to make people think
> of Ubuntu, and any "$distro $name" is going to sound like Debian.  The
> previous "Fedora $release $is-a-noun" scheme was "our way" and IMHO we
> should return to that.
>
> Removing the code name completely seems to me like a step in the
> suit-and-tie direction and I would hate to see our project go that
> path.
>
> DJ Delorie
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