On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 at 11:26, 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which no longer exists, and doesn't seem to have been archived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.
The reasons were multifold. The ones I can think of were:
1. There was always a need to clear with legal due to trademark problems and this had caused some names on a list to be rejected.
2. It had gotten less a 'fun diversion' and more of a political issue with a lot of arguments of 'Red Hat is making us use X' or 'Red Hat stop us from using X' at times. This sort of caused the third issue
3. The number of people voting, offering names and being part of the process dropped off dramatically after a bit. People brought up that it wasn't fun, it wasn't interesting, and it wasn't bringing people 'joy' to do.
Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive
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