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mpie

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Gimmick?

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tyme

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From: PA

Registered: 2003-06-12

Posts: 139

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Re: Gimmick?

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i don't understand...

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Loke

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From: Denmark

Registered: 2005-10-21

Posts: 139

Re: Gimmick?

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i don't understand...

I believe he means the 0.7.2 codename.. 

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Gimmick?

where do they come up with these names! Let me just reach into my bag-o-random-names.......here it is.....Snagelpus 0.7.2

viniosity

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From: New York, NY

Registered: 2005-01-22

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Re: Gimmick?

My guess is it has something to do with the decision to release ISO's every quarter instead of every year.  You know, especially since pacman -Syu brings you up to date.

There are really good reasons to have more frequent releases of course, but it also doesn't hurt that when you have a release you get press from.. distrowatch, osnews, slashdot, etc. which in turn makes people think the distro is very active.

The distro IS very active of course which means that the first quarterly release may be in the eyes of the code-namer, well, a gimmick to drive up usage of Arch.

Pure speculation though so don't flame me.

elasticdog

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2005-05-02

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Re: Gimmick?

Good interpretation vino...I agree, and also like the name.

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: Gimmick?

Sounds like Judd picked it without any dev discussion. They usually have a freeforall of random names and there's some sort of agreement on one and thats it. No reason. ;-)

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Neuro

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From: Poland

Registered: 2005-10-12

Posts: 352

Re: Gimmick?

And what about Crunchy Frog?

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

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Re: Gimmick?

Sounds like Judd picked it without any dev discussion. They usually have a freeforall of random names and there's some sort of agreement on one and thats it. No reason. ;-)

Dusty

That's about right, I didnt know of it till I read this thread.

Bralkein

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Registered: 2004-10-26

Posts: 354

Re: Gimmick?

Bah! It's a rubbish name! We need something with pizazz, like Rambunctious Rhinoceros, Serendipitious Salamander, or Melancholy Marmoset! Now those are good names!

postlogic

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Registered: 2005-02-24

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Re: Gimmick?

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magnum_opus

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Registered: 2005-01-26

Posts: 132

Re: Gimmick?

we should start using byzantine versioning schemes a new one for each release

7.2 beta 3 RC 1 alpha 4
build 3287 preview 3.26 test release 1
8.4.29.05.1-b6

and so on thus preventing any one from being able to tell which is the latest version but giving us all something to do in the form of seeing who can come up with the biggest string.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Gimmick?

We should name releases after characters from really stupid movies. You know, 0.7.2 Bo Duke, etc... Just like Debian. And we should also keep out mainline packages three years out of date, and fill the Testing repo with a mixture of CVS packages and outdated crap like XFree86 4.3!

tyme

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From: PA

Registered: 2003-06-12

Posts: 139

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Re: Gimmick?

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i don't understand...

I believe he means the 0.7.2 codename.. 

:oops:

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Bison

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From: Jacksonville, FL

Registered: 2006-04-12

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Re: Gimmick?

Actually I think the name is pretty cool.

It just seems like 0.7.1 just came out.  I mean, is there going to be any big changes, besides xorg7?

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Chman

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Registered: 2006-01-31

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Re: Gimmick?

It just seems like 0.7.1 just came out.  I mean, is there going to be any big changes, besides xorg7?

Xorg 7, udev, kernels, etc...

myst

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From: Brest, Belarus

Registered: 2006-01-30

Posts: 54

Re: Gimmick?

Yes, strange name. May be "Medved"?

BTW on which date it's scheduled?

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EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Gimmick?

I think it is a nice name, very cool, what will be new on this 0.72?

Bison

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From: Jacksonville, FL

Registered: 2006-04-12

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Re: Gimmick?

It just seems like 0.7.1 just came out.  I mean, is there going to be any big changes, besides xorg7?

Xorg 7, udev, kernels, etc...

Well, udev was on 0.7.1.

What are we waiting for for 0.8?

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whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: Gimmick?

Next release should be "Darth Vader" or "Luke Skywalker".

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dtw

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From: UK

Registered: 2004-08-03

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Re: Gimmick?

I think "gimmick" is a very clever and apt name - kudos (I hate that word but it's appropriate) to whoever came up with it

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: Gimmick?

IMO the name was chosen also because Judd might think that Arch Linux CDs will end as a gimmick in a few Linux Magazines.
This will probably help to spread Arch (and leads to more posts in the Newbie corner).

I prefer crunchy frog ;-P

edit1: typos

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linfan

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From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2004-04-23

Posts: 135

Re: Gimmick?

Personally I liked Wombat the most as a name. Why not go for more ozzy amimals. How many ozzy specific creatures are there? Kiwi, Dingo and Kangaroo are the only ones I can think of right now.

myst

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From: Brest, Belarus

Registered: 2006-01-30

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Re: Gimmick?

Medved is ozzy animal too...

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linfan

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From: Stockholm, Sweden

Registered: 2004-04-23

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Re: Gimmick?

Совершенно правильно, но медведь это зверь живущий не только в Австралии.

С глубоким уважениием

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