On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 21:48 -0400, Eric Christensen wrote: > The Fedora Board is soliciting ideas for how to name Fedora releases > from community members. Proposals should be sent to the Advisory > Board list[0][1] no later than 16:00 UTC on 25 July 2012. The > community is invited to discuss the proposals on the Advisory Board list. > > [0] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board > [1] advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I don't know if you mean a proposal for how the names would be determined in general or if you mean a proposal for a specific theme, but I hope this covers what you are looking for (please let me know if not): https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Suggestions_for_Fedora_Codename_Theme I do think that an election per release could be held going forward with pretty much any of these naming schemes. I disagree with the following assertion from the previous board meeting meetings: "For instance, with most theme proposals, there really isn't a need for people to vote on choices like "redwood, sequoia, or oak" every release." Redwood, sequoia, and oak are not representative of the variety of potential names within *many* themes Fedora contributors submitted to that page. Here's a few more representative triplets from that page: - Hammerhead, Chocolate Dalmatian, Libbylou - Ginger, Peppermint, Jasmine - Stroopwafel, Oatmeal, Biscotti Currently we accept name proposals that fit a specific rule. That rule is unwieldy, confusing, and results in obscure, odd, and difficult-to-work-with names. There are typically only one or two choices that are marginally suitable as release names, so by similar logic there isn't a need to vote between the choices. The proposal I present here on the behalf of the twelve Fedora contributors who worked on it simply looks to change that 'rule' to something that's more easily understood and results in names that are more likely to be appealing and provide a nice coherent theme for Fedora over time, resulting in a minimal change in process for a large gain in appeal for the code names. That being said, I would also prefer we not emphasize the code names nearly as much as we do, and instead emphasize the features present in each release. It is really sad, for example, how far many more people associate Fedora 17 with hotdogs than with any single one of the awesome new features present in it. (My favorites: Gimp 2.8 and Calligra Flow!) Thanks, ~m _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
