Code name for Fedora 9

[Ed Greshko]

Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 23:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> In the long run....who cares what a distro is named?  Does it make it
>> any more or less robust?  And after is it released does it become
>> "silly name +1" when a update is published?
> 
> I tend to agree, so long as it's not offensive (some on that list would
> have been - the names of disabilities or diseases), or so stupid as to
> turn people away (e.g. I wouldn't call it "lemon" or "cactus" if I
> wanted people to use it).
> 
>> Sorry, don't get it.  Maybe the folks caring about the name should
>> take more time to take care of the stability. 
> 
> Hmm, that sounds more like the silly games (*) our opposition politics
> play, trying to claim that attention to one thing diverts attention away
> from everything else, as if a team of people are only able to do one
> thing at once.  I'd be very surprised if everyone who makes Fedora into
> what it is was completely sidetracked from doing that task while trying
> to work out what to call the next one.

Good point...  FWIW, the comment wasn't directed at the "working" folks. 
Just talking out of my hat.  A NY Giants hat BTW.

> * Over here, in Australia, anytime some politician wants to divert
> attention away from anything, gossip leaks to the press about
> redesigning the flag.  The media falls over itself about it, and the
> media seems to be the only thing that so single-minded that it can only
> do one task at a time.
> 
> Oohh look, a talking frog...

Where?  All I see is a flying pig.
> 


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