On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 11:26 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 10:52:18AM -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > I posted this discussion on Fedora Discussion[1] last week, but I'd > > like to forward this discussion to devel-list for wider consideration. > > For the sake of keeping the conversation in one place, I do ask that > > you reply on the Discussion thread, rather than on Fedora Devel, > > please. > > > > """ > > The number “42” is a significant part of the story of the Hitchhiker’s > > Guide to the Galaxy, a classic series of satirical science fiction > > written by Douglas Adams. It has a long and enduring history in the > > geek lexicon, and it seems to me like the Fedora Project would be > > missing a tremendous opportunity to have a little fun with it. > > > > I’d like to propose that we consider bringing back the old Fedora > > codenames just this once and declare the release “Fedora 42 (Adams)”, > > ideally with a few subtle nods snuck in to the artwork for the > > release. > > > > When discussing this on the Fedora Council Matrix channel, Aleksandra > > Fedorova also made the excellent suggestion of producing some “Fedora > > Linux 42”-branded hand towels (which is another nod to the > > Hitchhiker’s series). > > """ > > Yes, could be a nice "one off" special. > > For context, I was trying to remind myself of the various reasons > why we stopped doing release names originally. Sadly a lot of > Fedora's historical record appears to be lost from moving and/or > discontinuing services :-( > > The best I found was: > > https://web.archive.org/web/20140402023558/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html > > which links to "meeting minutes" documented in > > https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/146 > > which no longer exists, and doesn't seem to have been archived > either [1]. > > The requirement to get legal vetting was the main issue mentioned > in the mailing post, and I do recall that was the big resource > drain in the old process. > > We would need to get legal clearance to use "Adams" I presume. > > At least if we're doing this as a pre-determined choice > in one-off exercise, we're not going to be wasting Legal > resources as we did when we had them vetting 5+ different > names every 6 months. > To be honest, I think we should bring back codenames overall, but I'll take the one-off for now. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
