Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

[Zoltan Hoppar]

Eddie: Don't be shy, and tell us why you don't like it. Not only just
nay or yay....

2012/7/20 Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I <eoconnor25 at gmail.com>:
>
> On 07/19/2012 08:52 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>
>> Agreed! Whatever be it, let us stick to something and not move with the
>> wind.....Nonsensical names like Beefy Miracle and Spherical Cow add to
>> frivolity and should be discarded at the submission stage.....btw,
>> we should not ignore the orient in the naming too....
>>
>> Btw, unrelated, but Ubuntu (which I have always disliked, except for
>> their artwork) has degenerated even further....I hear that hibernate is
>> no longer supported in latest releases/updates because it has become too
>> complicated to support.....I do not know if this is true, but if so, I
>> hope very much that F does not go that route.....
>>
>> Ranjan
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:28:53 -0700 Caitlyn O'Hanna <ravenoak at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I love the idea of using scientists, explorers, writers (not just
>>> sci-fi), artists...anything really that pushes the boundaries of the
>>> human experience...and not just people, Leonidas was a (or several
>>> really) ship too.
>>>
>>> Also, I would have to say that so far my favourite Fedora artwork is
>>> from Verne ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> --Caitlyn
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Ranjan Maitra
>>> <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I like the idea of naming Fedora releases after scientists. There is
>>>> very little closer to the idea of open-source than scientists who have
>>>> done quality peer-reviewed work and also been open about their ideas
>>>> and shortcomings. Certainly far more than Beefy Miracle or
>>>> whatever.....
>>>>
>>>> Ranjan
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:43:20 -0400 Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
>>>> <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 07/19/2012 03:13 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I always thought that Fedora 18's code name should be a celebration
>>>>>>> of Life.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fedora 18 Tent Pole
>>>>>>
>>>>>> celebrating life outdoors
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FC
>>>>>
>>>>> Or you could go with a type of "code" that only really die-hard Fedora
>>>>> Fans might figure out......like since "B & M" have both been used for
>>>>> 17..(B-eefy M-iracle)..maybe move the two letters over to the right by
>>>>> one and you now have "C & N"....so then you choose names with those
>>>>> letters,.....and when 19 comes around you'd use the "D" and the "O" to
>>>>> name that version and with 20 it'd be "E" and "P"....(C-olossal
>>>>> N-utrino
>>>>> perhaps for this next version?...)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> EGO II
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>
> Reading all the other posts and responses to this I'd have to also
> agree,...that naming should definitely tip it's hat to the scientific
> community, and all their triumphs, and various achievements. From historical
> figures, through to modern day innovators. Well then....what name shall we
> give the next version of Fedora?....Sigmund "Newton"?........."Galileo"
> Pasteur?....LoL! Fire away!
>
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