----- Original Message ----- > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Dear Board members and everyone else, > > > > I have just subscribed to this list in order to raise this > > question, apologies > > if I am breaking any list ettiquette. :-) > > > > Based on a recent (today's) death of Dennis Ritchie, the man who > > invented both > > C and UNIX (along with Kernighan and Thompson, of course), I am > > proposing a > > way for the Fedora Community to pay respects to him, in the > > following way. > > > > (1) To open a vote for the following change in the Fedora > > codenames: > > * to rename the upcoming F16 release from "Verne" to "Ritchie", > > * to rename the F17 release from "Beefy Miracle" to "Verne", > > * to name the F18 release "Beefy Miracle". > > (2) To implement the decision reached by voting. > > This is a lovely sentiment but I think it would prove difficult to > accomplish at this point in time and would be a little disruptive to > the artwork/codename theming that is already finished. > > As an alternative I would suggest leaving the codenames as they are > but when we release F16 we do so in memory of Dennis Ritchie. +1, it's too late for code name change but dedicate F16 to two awesome men - Jules Verne and Dennis Ritchie! One in code name, another one as dedication. Jaroslav > John > _______________________________________________ > advisory-board mailing list > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board > _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
