Re:When Good Codenames Go Bad (2006)
by capableweb on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @05:58AM
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Background for the curious:
> So, what's with the "Funky Fairy" naming system? Many sensible people have wondered why we chose this naming scheme. It came about as a joke on a ferry between Circular Quay and somewhere else, in Sydney, Australia:
> lifeless: how long before we make a first release?
> sabdfl: it would need to be punchy. six months max.
> lifeless: six months! thats not a lot of time for polish.
> sabdfl: so we'll have to nickname it the warty warthog release.
> And voila, the name stuck.
(First Ubuntu release was "Ubuntu 4.10 - Warty Warthog")
> So, what's with the "Funky Fairy" naming system? Many sensible people have wondered why we chose this naming scheme. It came about as a joke on a ferry between Circular Quay and somewhere else, in Sydney, Australia:
> lifeless: how long before we make a first release?
> sabdfl: it would need to be punchy. six months max.
> lifeless: six months! thats not a lot of time for polish.
> sabdfl: so we'll have to nickname it the warty warthog release.
> And voila, the name stuck.
(First Ubuntu release was "Ubuntu 4.10 - Warty Warthog")
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames