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GNOME To Start Using Codenames

Posted by timothy on from the not-very-hush-hush-of-you-to-point-out dept.

prisoninmate writes: A discussion between GNOME developers and users during the annual GUADEC conference lead to potential code names for the desktop environment, starting with the upcoming September release, GNOME 3.18, which might be dubbed Gothenburg. They decided to codename the September releases after the city where the GUADEC conference took place, as explained above, and the March releases after the city where the GNOME.Asia Summit will take place.

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  1. Yay by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So glad they sorted out all the other issues and devoted time to what really matters.

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  2. changeling, starring angelina jolie, will continue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Switching to codenames seems unnecessary. Version 3 was completely unrecognizable as Gnome already.

  3. Because version numbers were simple... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...and easy to understand. Obviously they have no place in GNOME.

  4. Re:Could be worse, Fesora 19, Schroding"er's Relea by kthreadd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But then the software that broke was obviously broken, so this was a good test to catch them and fix them.