On 24/04/12 13:59, Ian Malone wrote:
More practically, the problem with names in Fedora is that they're selected and voted on with little connection to anything else,
. I think the real problem, offended people aside. Is nobody uses the names to refer to a fedora release. Witin @fpo lists its "f15,f16, etc.. Outside any Fedora related list it's Fedora N (where N is a number) If names are voted to be kept, be pragmatic. Release: Fedora 18 (as an example) Release Name: Fedora "Eighteen" Using Google translate: Chinese Fedora 十八 Finnish: Fedora Vastanneista Dutch: Fedora achttien French: Fedora Dix-huit German: Fedora achtzehn Japanese: Fedora 18個 Hence there is a name to go with a release. As an English speaker in Ireland, Beefy Miracle conjures up human reproduction But, it certainly doesn't offend me. Sure, my kids call me Tubby. At 24 stone, guess what I am. != Slimmer of the year -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel