[OT] Seth Vidal, creator of "yum" killed in bike accident

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:16:40 -0700 Richard Vickery
<richard.vickeryrv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Isaac Cortés González
> <w.isaac.cortes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I support the idea, it should be done at least something like when
> > Verne was released and Dennis Ritchie, not only the Fedora Community
> > has lost a great developer; but also CentOS and RHEL.
> >
> >         -Isaac C.
> >
> >
> > 2013/7/11 Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored at inbox.com>:
> >>
> >>> > Seth was well known and attended many Fedora events worldwide.  He was
> >>> > very much respected by those who knew his work, and loved by those who
> >>> > knew him personally.  I'm glad to see so many people unified in the
> >>> > feeling he'll be dearly missed.
> >>> >
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> >>
> >> I liked the suggestions of Biker Yum or Yummy Cycles as names for F20.
> >> Perhaps could use one of these or similar and have the dedication to
> >> him also.
> >>
> >> Ranjan
> >>
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> Initially at the point of reading the suggestion I agreed that naming
> a release after him was an awesome plan, although nearing my reading's
> conclusion I came upon the thought that, since Seth has given so much
> to our software and community, I personally believe that the devotion
> of one meager release that has the staying power of somewhere between
> 6 and 18 months before it is committed to EOL seems a little
> temporary; from what we have all been saying about him, I think he
> might deserve a more permanent fixture within the Red Hat / Fedora /
> Linux community, some recognition along the lines of Torvalds or
> Stallman.
> -- 

Excellent point, even though none of the suggestions is mutually
exclusive. 

Ranjan

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