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Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie
From: Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko () gmail ! com>
Date: 2011-10-13 17:13:37
Message-ID: 201110131813.37141.vvmarko () gmail ! com
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> > On 10/13/2011 12:10 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> > > On Thursday 13 October 2011 15:41:24 Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > >> Fedora 17 name has already been voted upon. Fedora 18 codename
> > >> suggestions will be requested when Fedora 17 is about to be released
> > >
> > > I think it would be more appropriate to rename F16, rather than wait
> > > for
> >
> > a
> >
> > > whole year to pay respects to the man. Since Ritche was a key inventor
> > > of
> >
> > both
> >
> > > C and UNIX, I believe a case can be made to make an exception and
> > > rename
> >
> > the
> >
> > > first upcoming release, which will be F16.
> > >
> > > Rahul, can you present the case to the relevant people, maybe open a
> > > vote
> >
> > on
> >
> > > it so that everyone can formally state their opinion?
> > >
> > > My suggestion is the following:
> > >
> > > (1) Rename F16 to "Ritchie" (or "Dennis", whatever people like better),
> > > (2) Rename F17 to "Verne" (in order not to insult the great writer),
> > > (3) Rename F18 to "Beefy Miracle" (in order to keep the chain of "is a"
> > > naming).
> > >
> > > I think that is the least Fedora Community can do to pay respects to
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > > Ritchie. Opinions?
I have just sent the official proposal to Fedora Advisory Board list, as Rahul
suggested. Now we wait and see what happens. :-) Anyone willing to chime in on
the dissussion there, please do.
Best, :-)
Marko
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