On 23 April 2012 14:06, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm not against release names because some people are supposed to have > been offended by the words 'Beefy Miracle' I don't know about offended, it just sounds silly. Maybe it's a UK/US thing, or that it started as a RedHat in-joke, but to this British-English speaker 'Beefy Miracle' sounds like a derogatory term for a body builder, or perhaps an unsuccessful boxer. Suggestion: F18 should also have a ridiculous name, this way F19 can't and after that no two consecutive Fedora releases could have rubbish names in future. More practically, the problem with names in Fedora is that they're selected and voted on with little connection to anything else, for all the other code-name systems mentioned the name is chosen by fiat. There may be some development team involvement, but not the openness of inviting the entire Fedora community to suggest and vote, which will throw up the occasional absurdity due to the small group of people who care enough to vote. Maybe selection could be limited to the design team as the name has the largest impact on their activities and they may be more motivated to be thoughtful about it. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
