On 7 July 2020 21:20:22 CEST, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:03:19PM +0200, Till Maas wrote: >> in https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2410 I proposed to name the dist-git >> branch for Fedora Rawhide "rawhide" to clarify the purpose of that >> branch. There was also some feedback that Rawhide might not be the best >> name and it could be renamed. In that case, the branch could be named as >> this. This is just the first step to check if there is enough support >> for this to move forward. The next step would be to start a change >> process. > >I'm in favor of this. "Master" is not a good, functional description of the >Rawhide branch. It was just taking the default. Plus, as we're investigating >a new git system _and_ looking at packaging workflow improvements all around >anyway, that seems like the time. > >I don't have any strong opinion on the "Rawhide" name, although it has >always seemed strange to me, because of course fedoras are made of felt, not >rawhide. And I guess the same "hey, while we're changing things" sentiment >applies here. > I thought Rawhide was a reference to the wild west via the tv-show by that name, isn't that the case? As for naming, I have no emotional connection to the name rawhide and doesn't see any problems with changing it. I would suggest that if it changes maybe not Felt or Wool but something more descriptive like Edge, Next or Volatile. M _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
