Hi Ok I went with Giovanni's suggestion of Capiopo for this release - see the new splash screen in trunk.
Regards Tim On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Benoit de Cabissole <ben...@exigesa.com> wrote: > > > On 17/10/2010 10:37, Tim Sutton wrote: >> Hi >> >> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Vincent Leong <loldog2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> How about hill names as release names? >>> Hills is better than mountains because mountains is always too well >>> known and probably been used by others. >>> Moreover, their shape can be used to differentiate releases. >>> >>> One example: Bohol >>> >> Any nice pics to go with your suggestion? I quite like the idea since >> philosophically each release is another hill we have climbed and put >> behind us :-) > > Or characteristics contour lines of the hill (we are dealing with GIS > after all)? > > My 2 cents > Benoit > >> Lets keep the discussion on-list ok? >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >>> On 10/17/10, Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com> wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I agree that real place names is a better idea. I could see lots of >>>>> Mythical/Fictitious names actually being claimed by people. I will also >>>>> point out that the Mozilla Foundation uses National Parks/Reserves in >>>>> the code naming of pre-release firefox branches and suggest that we >>>>> could do something with a greater cause as our release names: >>>>> Endangered Species, World Heritage Sites, Rivers, Mountain Peaks, etc.. >>>>> (suggest your idea) >>>>> >>>> Sorry in retrospect my original email was probably unclear. It was my >>>> intention that we use *real* (hence photographable) place names, but >>>> obscure ones that a) have some geographical interest and b) are >>>> unlikely to ever have been used by someone as a trademark. Having a >>>> theme to the place names would be fine (making them really obscure and >>>> interesting was kind of my idea for a theme, but another theme would >>>> be fine too). >>>> >>>> Using well known places e.g. Moscow as Maxim suggests will lead to >>>> similar conflicts as using planetary moons. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> >>>>> We could also de-emphasize the release name and use it amongst the >>>>> developer group to keep track of what's being worked on, ie the trunk >>>>> will have a name leading up to it's release and then switch names. >>>>> >>>>> I also agree, to just avoid the issue as it's not worth our effort to >>>>> fight. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Alex >>>>> >>>>> On 10/16/2010 03:06 PM, Maxim Dubinin wrote: >>>>>> How about making release names geographic. QGIS 1.6 "Moscow" sounds >>>>>> good and easily memorizable. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maxim >>>>>> >>>>>> Вы писали 16 октября 2010 г., 14:07:10: >>>>>> >>>>>> TS> Hi >>>>>> >>>>>> TS> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Jürgen E. <j...@norbit.de> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi Tim, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, 16. Oct 2010 at 01:42:54 +0200, Tim Sutton wrote: >>>>>>>>> We (the PSC) recently received a threat of legal action against our >>>>>>>>> use of the word 'Tethys' in the naming of the 1.5 release of QGIS. >>>>>>>>> It seems that the word Tethys is trademarked by a company in one >>>>>>>>> country. >>>>>>>>> Although we feel their case is weak, we do not have the time, money or >>>>>>>>> inclination to engage in a legal battle over this. >>>>>>>> Does OSGeo have a position on this? I thought the OSGeo umbrella was >>>>>>>> also >>>>>>>> covering legal support. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Just curious - that would probably be a waste of time of resources >>>>>>>> anyway. >>>>>>>> >>>>>> TS> Ok Frank covered that. And yeah we should pick our battles... >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This has a few implications: >>>>>>>>> - The PSC has agreed to stop using planetary moons as the names for >>>>>>>>> our releases, and embark on a new theme of using extremely obscure >>>>>>>>> place names (e.g. the mythical Tweebuffelsmeteenskootgeskietfontein in >>>>>>>>> South Africa). >>>>>>>> Do we need codenames at all? Any name - obscure or not - could be a >>>>>>>> trademark. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> TS> *sniff* lose the release names? That would be no fun....should we let >>>>>> TS> big corporations take away our fun? :-P >>>>>> >>>>>> TS> But yeah theoretically we don't need them, though personally I'd like >>>>>> TS> to continue with them... >>>>>> >>>>>> TS> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> TS> Tim >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jürgen >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. >>>>>>>> +49-4931-918175-20 >>>>>>>> Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13 Fax. >>>>>>>> +49-4931-918175-50 >>>>>>>> Software Engineer D-26506 Norden >>>>>>>> http://www.norbit.de >>>>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>>> Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) >>>> ============================================== >>>> Please do not email me off-list with technical >>>> support questions. 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