On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 15:20 +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > Why does Fedora Core still live on? > > > > kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10 > > Terminal-0.2.8.3-1.fc10 > > git-1.6.0.6-1.fc10 > > > > I'm dying here. Someone please help me. > > > > Iirc, the 'c' in the package tags was retained because dropping it > would cause sorting issues for package NVREs. I believe it has been > bacronymed as "fedora collection". ;) ---- Well, I learned a new word today (Bryn's misspell easily forgiven)... backronym n. [portmanteau of back + acronym] A word interpreted as an acronym that was not originally so intended. This is a special case of what linguists call `back formation'. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
