Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Fun topic: name that branch! | Date | Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:28:59 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) said: > So let's have some fun with this, but try for short names. My wife just > suggested we could name them after Linux kernel hackers or other Unix > luminaries (though her suggestion to name one of the unstable ones "RMS" > might not be the greatest idea - on the other hand, he _has_ been asking > for recognition :-)
Kernels haven't had names (but there was the "greased weasel" et al :), can't it be just the number? Or, failing that, linux-0, linux-1-1, etc?
> So here's a strawman proposal, what do you think?
You'll soon run out of hackers. Besides, your proposal (or anything like it) can't really be fair to enerybody involved. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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