[Mageia-discuss] Codename suggestion

Filipe Saraiva filip.saraiva at gmail.com
Mon Sep 20 02:45:15 CEST 2010


Xavante is a good name, representing the tribe, the community.
It is very good, and a beautiful tribute to Conectiva.

+1

2010/9/19 Marc Paré <marc at marcpare.com>

>  Le 2010-09-19 17:54, vfmBOFH a écrit :
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> 2010/9/19 Thomas Lottmann <skiperdrake at gmail.com>
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>>  Le 19/09/2010 23:40, André Machado a écrit :
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>>   I suggest what 1st Mageia version be called "Xavante"
>>
>> Xavante is a Brazil indigene tribe. When Brazilian distro Conectiva was
>> sold to Mandrake to form Mandriva, at the late 2005, some Conectiva users
>> tried to create a fork called Xavante - just like is happening now-, but the
>> distro was not ahead.
>>
>>  Would be a surprising and amazing tribute if this codename was adopted
>> and would recognize the Brazilians as part of Mandriva operatting system
>> and, now, from Mageia operating system.
>>
>>
>> I guess the first release of Mageia will need to have a more symbolic
>> name, like Fedora has, a name that is symbolic even for people that are not
>> inside the community. Sadly Xavante will not mean anything for people from
>> outside, that's why a much more powerful name would be better to have a
>> great meaning (and why not link it to the artwork? Well, that'll be to
>> determine in the future).
>>
>> Yet, using Xavante as a little name for one of the pre-releases of the
>> first stable release for Mageia could be really nice.
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> My two cents:
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>  We could use "Lazarus", giving a response to all people ou' there was
> speaking the "death" of Mandriva and it's community.
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>  Cheers
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> I think this would be an extremely kind gesture in recognition of the
> Brazilian contribution of the Conectiva code as well as a partner in the
> growth and popularity of Mandriva. Not to mention that Brazil does have a
> population of 200 million people.
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> Marc
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