Proposal request for ideas on naming Fedora releases.

[Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I]

On 07/19/2012 09:40 PM, Zoltan Hoppar wrote:
> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> EGO II
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>
What do you mean? Don't be shy?.....LoL! I've never been accused of THAT 
one!


EGO II