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Hey guys -- for the past 7 years we've named every release after a jazz musician, as you can see here: http://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/ http://wordpress.org
by photomatt 16y ago
Hey guys -- for the past 7 years we've named every release after a jazz musician, as you can see here:
http://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/ http://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/
Usually no one notices, and the codename isn't even in the tweets or announcement email, just a sentence that clearly links to the jazz musician's Wikipedia page. (It's not like Ubuntu codenames that are widely used.) We also put a fun plug for djangoproject.org to the end of the "future" section, which hopefully will also introduce some new people to their project. I haven't seen anyone tweeting the codename except to complain, so I don't think this is going to confuse anybody think we're rewriting in Python. (However much they may want that.)
That said, apologies for the unintended controversy. In hindsight, we probably should have used "Reinhardt" to have the same effect of honoring one of our favorite musicians without anyone getting confused with a fellow Open Source project.
Now to work on 3.2 Sinatra! (Kidding, Ruby folks.)
- jacobian 16y agoHi Matt -- I know this really isn't a big deal, and I really don't want to be a dick about it, but in this age of Google I would really appreciate it if you'd change the name. I think if we codenamed Django 1.3 "Wordpress" you'd feel similarly, right? I really don't want this to turn into A Thing, so how about you just see this as a small favor for a fellow open source hacker and I owe you beer/whiskey/whatever? Please feel free to get in touch personally if you want to talk further - I'm jacob@jacobian.org. (I'm Jacob Kaplan-Moss, one of the lead Django devs.)
- gok 16y ago> if we codenamed Django 1.3 "Wordpress" Can I just say that I, for one, would find that awesome? :)
- levigross 16y agoit would be the first secure version of wordpress released
- pclark 16y agoAm I the only one that finds it ludicrous that people are complaining about this? what exactly are the consequences of this that'll cripple everything?
- epochwolf 16y agoDjango is trademarked.
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- rprasad 16y agoBut "Reinhardt" is not, and that is what matters.
- rbanffy 16y ago> what exactly are the consequences of this that'll cripple everything More noise in web searches?
- jasonlotito 16y agoYou think this is bad, you should have been here for the Firebird fiasco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox#Early_Versions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox#Early_Versions
- trickjarrett 16y agoYou mean Phoenix? I mean Firebird? No I mean Firefox!
- jasonlotito 16y agoOh, I remember why Phoenix got bumped as well. I started using it on the first release 0.1! But don't forget, after Firebird, it was going to be called "Mozilla Firebird". Oh, fun times!
- morganpyne 16y agoAs somebody who is a huge fan of the Quintette du Hot Club de France and a major Django Reinhardt fanatic, I was wondering if you'd both mind renaming your projects to something else and stop polluting my Gypsy Jazz searches. Just kidding. But seriously though.... (tongue firmly planted in cheek :-)
- mkr-hn 16y ago-python :)
- ck2 16y agoI cannot believe I am defending WordPress but wow people, it's just a release codename to make it more human and less of "just a number". How many people know/remember the Windows release codenames or any other product for that matter? It's not like its "WordPress Reinhardt" or even a product name. Reinhardt is also a common name.
- rprasad 16y agoIt's silly stuff like this that keeps me away from Django. The members of its community are too easily offended. Wordpress names its releases after the last names of famous Jazz musicians. They apparently have done this for the past 7 releases. Nobody knew, nobody cared. We all just called it "Wordpress". The only people who will call this release "Reinhardt" are the uber-techies who actually care about version names. Everyone else will just call it WordPress like they always have. You guys are named "Django". Nobody is going to confuse you with WordPress. The uber-techies know better, and nobody else cares.
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- photomatt 16y agoAnd just updated the post to change the codename to "Reinhardt," just as a sign of good faith and before anyone else gets the wrong idea.
- jcsalterego 16y agoHooray for World Peace!
- sambeau 16y agoHurrah. Let sanity prevail. This is good for everyone.
- kbutler 16y agoAnd after a cease and desist letter, WordPress changes their release name to "BHP" for "Butt-Head Programmers". The Django Project sues WordPress for libel, but the court grants a motion to dismiss, stating that "One does not seriously attack the expertise of a programmer using the undefined phrase 'butt-head'". * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
- scelerat 16y agoHehe good association. A hilarious code name fiasco from Apple's PowerPC rollout. Parent is making a good-natured funny, folks.
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoIt is actually a remarkably relevant comment of how this could have gone down, plus I learned something new about BHA that I didn't know. I, for one, upvoted.
- jacobian 16y agoAwesome - I appreciate it a lot. Thanks!
- collypops 16y agoYou're a gentleman, sir.
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- collypops 16y agoI've already hinted at this kind of thing over in the related thread on Convore [https://convore.com/django-community/wordpress-release-31-codename-django/ https://convore.com/django-community/wordpress-release-31-co...]. I don't think you intended any controversy, but I think it would be in bad taste to keep the name, given how it could lead to confusion both in Google search results, but more importantly how it will affect communication between clients/developers.
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- polynomial 16y agoWe'll see you back here in a few months to determine whether 3.2 should be called "Ole Blue Eyes" or just... "Frank".
- stcredzero 16y agoWhat, no "Legend of the Galactic Heroes?"