On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 09:22:06PM -0500, inode0 wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Tim Burke <tburke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Great concept! > > Given that its too disruptive for F16, what about considering it for F17 > > instead. Do people think that the prominence of a release name, albeit > > delayed, is more of a commemoration than an honorarium in > > relnotes/announcement? > > I would really like to see whatever we do done for F16 to be timely. > There really isn't any requirement that the theming match the release > name, just a tradition. If it isn't too late to just change the > release name within F16 I certainly would not object to doing that, > although I think a public statement via the release announcement would > be nice too as that would, I hope, keep Ritchie's memory in the public > eye and remind people of his importance to our community. > > Perhaps the board could call a quick open forum to discuss this, so we > could find out what our options really are at this stage of the F16 > cycle? > Probably also needs to get passed to Legal. I know the Board has a pre-filter that's roughly "no living famous people".. Not sure with someone recently deceased if they'll worry about next of kin taking offense or something. -Toshio
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