So you might recall the idea to name Fedora 16 “Beefy Miracle”. Somehow they managed it to accept that name for Fedora 17.
Now, Fedora has a few rules for release names. Including, but not limited to,
Show how the name meets the “is-a” test. For example, “Schnozz is a ____, and so is Keister.” Names for releases N and N+1 must be related, and names for releases N and N+2 cannot share the same relationship.
Now I’d sure love to know how this works out for Fedora 17. Surprisingly, their suggestions table leaves the field empty.
So please, explain me this:
Verne is a ____, and so is Beefy Miracle.
I am certainly puzzled what besides “awful release name” would fit there…
Guidelines for release names we set ourselves? Who cares!
Edit: I missed the field, my bad:
Beefy Miracle is a name suggested for Fedora 16. Verne is also a name suggested for Fedora 16
What is this I don’t even
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Wait, isn’t Fedora supposed to be about serious names like 'Cambridge’ and 'Goddard’, rather than retarded names like “masturbating monkey”?
“Beefy Miracle is a name suggested for Fedora 16. Verne is also a name suggested for Fedora 16”
YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS.
It’s either laughable nonsense, or eye-roll inducing mission statements referencing animals. :s
Whatever happened to codenames, and naimg products properly?
For a codename, just stick a pin in a dictionary, or throw a dart at a wall map. Spare us Shuttleworth’s philosophical musings on bloody ocelots and pangolins.
Bloody ocelots? Therein lies a profitable line of names for future Linux distros, I believe.
“Clubbed baby seal.”
“Shaved Mammoth.”
“Stormy Petrel On A Stick.”
“Cosmetically Blinded Rabbit.”
“De-Finned Shark.”
All very memorable and appropriate names, I think you’ll agree.
PS Have you seen the photos of Jono Bacon playing guitar at a Linux convention, dressed as a Beefy Miracle? I think you should:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxMTg
I’m rooting for Debian to buy into this scheme, if only to hear Robert proclaim:
“I recommend GNU/Clubbed Baby Seal.”
Linux code names remind of me the recent rash of facebook memes. Uninspired in-jokes that weren’t funny to begin with. It would be like someone deciding the next version of Ubuntu would be hilarious if it was named All Your Base.
They should put that much effort into actually documenting their code.
So what are we up to now?
Putrefying Penguin?
Polemical Pangolin?
Plastered Polar Bear?
Planking Pitbull?
Porking Python?
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