I would like to come out as strongly pro-Grizzly. I wonder if this release name would make Thierry the "moma grizzly": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_grizzly
dan On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:33 AM, James E. Blair <cor...@inaugust.com> wrote: > Brian Waldon <brian.wal...@rackspace.com> writes: > > > TL;DR - Screw the rules, let's call the next release 'Grizzly' > > > > As California is rather lacking in the 'municipality names starting > > with a G that we should use for an OpenStack release' department, I > > have had to look *slightly* outside the ruleset to find a suitable 'G' > > release name - that name being 'Grizzly'. The rules clearly state that > > a release name must represent a city or county near the corresponding > > design summit and be comprised of a single word of ten characters or > > less - the problem here being that 'Grizzly' is actually 'Grizzly > > Flats.' Having already polled a small subset of the community, I feel > > like there would be enough support for 'Grizzly' to win if it were on > > the ballot. As I'm more interested in selecting a suitable name than > > accurately representing some arbitrary territory, I'd love to either > > permanently amend the rules to make this acceptable or grant an > > exception in this one case. As Thierry said, if this reaches critical > > mass, we will figure out what to do. Otherwise, I'll shut up and deal > > with 'Gazelle'. > > I will join your Bear Flag Revolt. > > > > We could amend the rules to add official symbols of the territory in > question. Despite being one of the most recognized symbols of > California, named the state animal, and appearing on the state flag, the > Grizzly bear (Ursus californicus) has been extinct here since 1922. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic#Bear_Flag_Revolt > > -Jim > Though as a Firesign Theatre fan, I like Goshen too. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Wendlandt Nicira, Inc: www.nicira.com twitter: danwendlandt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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