Re: is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:27:31 -0700, AW (Adam) wrote: > Speaking entirely personally, I'm firmly in the 'ditch the stupid > release names, they serve no purpose' camp. Oh so true. ;) I favour the more liberal approach. If there are people (read: resources) who handle the entire release name proces

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread drago01
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:24 PM, george2 wrote: > There is no release criterion in the Testing/QA group for the release name. > Before millions see the latest great work from a multitude of contributors, > should this group pause to reflect if the release name is appropriate for > world wide releas

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread Frank Murphy
On 09/04/12 17:01, Andre Robatino wrote: People seem comfortable referring to "Windows 7". If it has a code name, I don't know it. Maybe it's just relative to other linux distros such as Ubuntu. If it was "Fedora 18.4", a name would be handy. But, personally a name should be kept internal to

is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread Andre Robatino
Jon Stanley gmail.com> writes: > Well, Toshio raised an important point in the above-referenced thread > on advisory-board - just a version number makes Fedora feel cold and > distant to any new user or the press or anything like that. People seem comfortable referring to "Windows 7". If it has

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 04/09/2012 10:23 PM, Jon Stanley wrote: > Well, Toshio raised an important point in the above-referenced thread > on advisory-board - just a version number makes Fedora feel cold and > distant to any new user or the press or anything like that. The > release name is also used by the design team

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
On 04/09/2012 02:23 PM, Jon Stanley wrote: Well, Toshio raised an important point in the above-referenced thread on advisory-board - just a version number makes Fedora feel cold and distant to any new user or the press or anything like that. The release name is also used by the design team in com

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-09 Thread Jon Stanley
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Larry Brower wrote: > As am I :) > > I don't see why just having a version number isn't enough. Well, Toshio raised an important point in the above-referenced thread on advisory-board - just a version number makes Fedora feel cold and distant to any new user or the

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-08 Thread Larry Brower
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 04/09/2012 01:27 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > Speaking entirely personally, I'm firmly in the 'ditch the stupid > release names, they serve no purpose' camp. As am I :) I don't see why just having a version number isn't enough. - -- Larry

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 15:37 -0400, Jon Stanley wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:24 PM, george2 wrote: > > There is no release criterion in the Testing/QA group for the release name. > > Before millions see the latest great work from a multitude of contributors, > > should this group pause to refl

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-08 Thread Adam Williamson
On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 13:24 -0400, george2 wrote: > There is no release criterion in the Testing/QA group for the release > name. > Before millions see the latest great work from a multitude of > contributors, should this group pause to reflect if the release name > is appropriate for world wide re

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-06 Thread Jon Stanley
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:24 PM, george2 wrote: > There is no release criterion in the Testing/QA group for the release name. > Before millions see the latest great work from a multitude of contributors, > should this group pause to reflect if the release name is appropriate for > world wide releas

Re: is the name ok (my reply a bit long)

2012-04-06 Thread Robyn Bergeron
On 04/06/2012 12:02 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: Frank Murphy gmail.com> writes: The only way to do that is not to have a name. I'd favor this. Almost no one uses the name, and when they do it only causes confusion when people have to look it up. Maybe each version could have an official artwor

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-06 Thread Frank Murphy
On 06/04/12 20:18, Scott Doty wrote: George, just be happy they didn't go with the first choice: "Vivid animated penis." Happy Good Friday. :) Whats good about it? The pubs are closed. ;) -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscr

Re: is the name ok

2012-04-06 Thread Scott Doty
On 04/06/2012 11:27 AM, John Dulaney wrote: This has nothing to do with QA. Seconded. George, just be happy they didn't go with the first choice: "Vivid animated penis." Happy Good Friday. :) -Scott p.s. extra points if you recognize the Usenet reference... -- test mailing list test@li

is the name ok (my reply a bit long)

2012-04-06 Thread Andre Robatino
Frank Murphy gmail.com> writes: > The only way to do that is not to have a name. I'd favor this. Almost no one uses the name, and when they do it only causes confusion when people have to look it up. Maybe each version could have an official artwork theme instead (which is currently associated w

Re: is the name ok (my reply a bit long)

2012-04-06 Thread Frank Murphy
On 06/04/12 19:56, Rick Stevens wrote: Putting in my two cents (pence, 5% of a euro, whatever), 2% of a euro, sorry! Bad day on the keyboard. :-p Don't make much difference, 5% is now 2%, due to national debt crisis. Unless it's a personable tax, then the reverse applies. -- Regards, Frank

Re: is the name ok (my reply a bit long)

2012-04-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/06/2012 11:54 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/06/2012 11:36 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: On 06/04/12 18:24, george2 wrote: of the release name will not offend women, parents, and many who are spiritual or profess a religion? No mater how liberal a guy I might be, this expresses a concern for ho

Re: is the name ok (my reply a bit long)

2012-04-06 Thread Rick Stevens
On 04/06/2012 11:36 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: On 06/04/12 18:24, george2 wrote: of the release name will not offend women, parents, and many who are spiritual or profess a religion? No mater how liberal a guy I might be, this expresses a concern for how open source might be perceived by the gener

Re: is the name ok (my reply a bit long)

2012-04-06 Thread Frank Murphy
On 06/04/12 18:24, george2 wrote: of the release name will not offend women, parents, and many who are spiritual or profess a religion? No mater how liberal a guy I might be, this expresses a concern for how open source might be perceived by the general public. Even if these pictures and words

RE: is the name ok

2012-04-06 Thread John Dulaney
This has nothing to do with QA. John. From: geor...@spanmail.net To: fedora-test-l...@redhat.com Subject: is the name ok Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 13:24:24 -0400 There is no release criterion in the Testing/QA group for the release name. Before millions see the latest great work from a

is the name ok

2012-04-06 Thread george2
There is no release criterion in the Testing/QA group for the release name. Before millions see the latest great work from a multitude of contributors, should this group pause to reflect if the release name is appropriate for world wide release. I ask your attention that the name/ logo/ and pa