+1 On 10/13/2011 12:10 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thursday 13 October 2011 15:41:24 Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> Fedora 17 name has already been voted upon. Fedora 18 codename >> suggestions will be requested when Fedora 17 is about to be released > I think it would be more appropriate to rename F16, rather than wait for a > whole year to pay respects to the man. Since Ritche was a key inventor of both > C and UNIX, I believe a case can be made to make an exception and rename the > first upcoming release, which will be F16. > > Rahul, can you present the case to the relevant people, maybe open a vote on > it so that everyone can formally state their opinion? > > My suggestion is the following: > > (1) Rename F16 to "Ritchie" (or "Dennis", whatever people like better), > (2) Rename F17 to "Verne" (in order not to insult the great writer), > (3) Rename F18 to "Beefy Miracle" (in order to keep the chain of "is a" > naming). > > I think that is the least Fedora Community can do to pay respects to Dennis > Ritchie. Opinions? > > Best, :-) > Marko > -- Roger Wells, P.E. SAIC 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger.k.wells@xxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
