On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 17:07 -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 08:47 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 15:41 +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote: > > > Craig White wrote: > > > > 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)... > > > > > > I prefer that spelling - according to google, it's the dominant > > > variation - there's 28,000,000 hits for that spelling to 39,000 with > > > the 'k' :) > > > > > > I shall persist in this mis-spelling :) > > ---- > > it may be dominant but it's not covered at all at dictionary.com > > > > persist in your wicked ways and I'll say no more about them. > > More egregious than the misspelling is the misuse. An acronym is not > just an abbreviation, it's an abbreviation pronounceable as a word. True. 'fc' is an initialism. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialism poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
