2009/11/16 Rahul Sundaram <sunda...@fedoraproject.org> > On 11/17/2009 04:27 AM, Henrique Junior wrote: > > Hello, * > > > > I have a question that may sound a little stupid, but that came as I > > write a short article about some Fedora's curiosities. > > > > Why are our packages still using the tag "f*c*X", "f*c*Y", "f*c*W" since > > Fedora does not use “*Core*” in his name anymore? > > > > I know it's an almost irrelevant question, but the article is just about > > small curiosities and I could not think in a better place to ask. > > When Fedora 7 was about to be released, there was a long and serious > discussion about how to rename it but we took the easy way out and > decided to call it "Fedora Package Collection" along the lines of GCC > being called "GNU Compiler Collection". Dropping the "C" would have > broken the upgrade path for RPM. > > Rahul > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list >
Thank you for the answers, they were very enlightening. -- Henrique "LonelySpooky" Junior http://www.lonelyspooky.com ------------------------------------------------------------- "In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?!"
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