fc, fc, fc, fc?

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Fri Feb 13 15:47:17 UTC 2009


On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 15:41 +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 15:20 +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> >> Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> >>> Why does Fedora Core still live on?
> >>>
> >>> kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10
> >>> Terminal-0.2.8.3-1.fc10
> >>> git-1.6.0.6-1.fc10
> >>>
> >>> I'm dying here. Someone please help me.
> >>>
> >> Iirc, the 'c' in the package tags was retained because dropping it 
> >> would cause sorting issues for package NVREs. I believe it has been 
> >> bacronymed as "fedora collection". ;)
> > ----
> > Well, I learned a new word today (Bryn's misspell easily forgiven)...
> 
> I prefer that spelling - according to google, it's the dominant 
> variation - there's 28,000,000 hits for that spelling to 39,000 with 
> the 'k' :)
> 
> I shall persist in this mis-spelling :)
----
it may be dominant but it's not covered at all at dictionary.com

persist in your wicked ways and I'll say no more about them.

Craig




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