Re: [OT] Seth Vidal, creator of "yum" killed in bike accident

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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
<eoconnor25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/11/2013 09:16 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Isaac Cortés González
>> <w.isaac.cortes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I support the idea, it should be done at least something like when
>>> Verne was released and Dennis Ritchie, not only the Fedora Community
>>> has lost a great developer; but also CentOS and RHEL.
>>>
>>>          -Isaac C.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/7/11 Ranjan Maitra <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seth was well known and attended many Fedora events worldwide.  He was
>>>>>> very much respected by those who knew his work, and loved by those who
>>>>>> knew him personally.  I'm glad to see so many people unified in the
>>>>>> feeling he'll be dearly missed.
>>>>>>
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>>>> I liked the suggestions of Biker Yum or Yummy Cycles as names for F20.
>>>> Perhaps could use one of these or similar and have the dedication to
>>>> him also.
>>>>
>>>> Ranjan
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>>
>> Initially at the point of reading the suggestion I agreed that naming
>> a release after him was an awesome plan, although nearing my reading's
>> conclusion I came upon the thought that, since Seth has given so much
>> to our software and community, I personally believe that the devotion
>> of one meager release that has the staying power of somewhere between
>> 6 and 18 months before it is committed to EOL seems a little
>> temporary; from what we have all been saying about him, I think he
>> might deserve a more permanent fixture within the Red Hat / Fedora /
>> Linux community, some recognition along the lines of Torvalds or
>> Stallman.
>
> Maybe name some sort of "package" after him?.....something with some more
> staying power?...
>
>
> EGO II
>
> --

I had in mind something like adding the name to the corporate identity
of either Fedora or Red Hat, as packages can even reach EOL. Perhaps
set up a memorial for giants like him in the open source community, as
many of you are, and are also deserving of such treatment in memory.
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