On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 09.05.2012, 01:39 -0700 schrieb Toshio Kuratomi: > >> The Board decided that it would be worthwhile to come up with a new >> procedure for selecting the name for the Fedora 19 release and beyond to >> attempt to solve some of the issues that have been brought up. The Board >> is looking for volunteers who would like to do two things: >> >> (1) Answer the following questions: >> >> * What benefits does the Project get from the current release naming >> process? > > * A starting point for the artwork. Except when it isn't, like with F17 (and probably F18). > * An opportunity for marketing. At Berlin we'll be giving away > free hotdogs. I think the F17 name is an anomaly in that regard. How are you going to give away spherical cows, or zod, or leonidas? Sure, other marketing opportunities might present themselves, but the release names are random enough that it is going to be fairly rare and of limited benefit. > * Controversial discussions and flamewars We have plenty of those already. josh _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
