Re: Fun topic: name that branch!

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:28:59 -0400

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.

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