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Fedora recently ditched naming the versions themselves the community can name if it they wish. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-Oct
by gabeio 12y ago
Fedora recently ditched naming the versions themselves the community can name if it they wish. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2013-October/012209.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/201...
- coldpie 12y ago> Fedora recently ditched naming the versions Thank fucking God. I loathe version names. Place these in release date order: Lion, Snow Leopard, and Tiger. Now, place these in release order: 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. Which do you find communicated more useful information?
- vdaniuk 12y agoDude, version name is a great vessel for branding and promotion. Most distros have version names and version numbers, it's not hard to dereference a version name and they serve a purpose. More brand awareness for open source projects == good.
- tsm 12y agoWhy not have both? I find Intrepid Ibex, Gutsy Gibbon, Feisty Fawn, Hardy Heron, etc. to be quite sortable.
- dchest 12y agoI always forget which Ubuntu name I'm using, even though I remember the number :-/
- mixmastamyk 12y agoUntil the one after Zany Zebra.
- jazzdev 12y agoHistorically the name came first. Engineering would start working on a new version, Foo, and later on Marketing would decide it if was going to be 1.3 or 2.0 At least that's how it worked in commercial software. Now the names have taken on a life of their own.