Re: Code name for 9.1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

2008-07-19 Thread pgf
greg wrote: > I know that downgrade is hard. The great thing is that the XO supports > that very elegantly right now! > > I don't want to lose that. > > It saved me once when I upgraded to joyride image without a developer > key (doh!) and was locked out. but don't confuse "saving yours

Re: Code name for 9.1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

2008-07-17 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Paul, Sorry about the subject screw up. That's twice in two days :-( I know that downgrade is hard. The great thing is that the XO supports that very elegantly right now! I don't want to lose that. It saved me once when I upgraded to joyride image without a developer key (doh!) and was loc

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-17 Thread pgf
re we ship 8.2.0. > > Thanks, > > Greg S > > > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:25:17 +1200 > > From: "Martin Langhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Code name for 9.1.0 > > To: "Morgan Collett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-17 Thread Erik Garrison
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:35:55AM -0700, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > Am 15.07.2008 um 05:19 schrieb Tomeu Vizoso: > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:43 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> morgan wrote: > >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:56, Richard A. Smith > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-16 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Morgan Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With olpc-update, it's not critical to update from version x to > version x+1 - we can skip versions as we don't depend on a particular > package state. (e.g. You can upgrade from 650 to joyride without > having to upgrade

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-16 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:03 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > appropriating apricots Alliterating Apricots m -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wik

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-16 Thread Ivan Krstić
On Jul 16, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Jim Gettys wrote: > We've gone from build numbers, to ship.x, to update.x Nonsense. The ship.x and update.x were part of the same scheme, and that was a _tagging_ scheme, not a naming scheme. It served merely to correlate a certain piece of production and deployme

Re: Code name for 9.1.0 (Jim Gettys)

2008-07-16 Thread Greg Smith
Greg S > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:28:59 -0400 > From: Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Code name for 9.1.0 > To: "Jameson \"Chema\" Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: devel@lists.laptop.org, Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Me

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-16 Thread Jim Gettys
Absence of dissent does not mean agreement. It often means some people are just tired of the topic and will find the topic frustrating to chime in on; I know this to be true for some of us. I must say I'm tired of us changing our naming scheme again and again. We've gone from build numbers, to s

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Jameson "Chema" Quinn
Well, actually, the mango suggestion was made originally as a tree, not a fruit - as the tree Freire learned to read underneath. Obviously the concept of "learning under a tree" exists in many cultures around the world, and there are several trees that would work for this: apple (newton), bodhi/ba

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Eben Eliason
p-pom for short. heh. =) On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > eben wrote: > > This is clever. - Eben > > but we need to keep at least one half of the name to one or two > syllables though. i'm not looking forward to having to IRC about > "pummeling pomegranates". > > p

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread pgf
eben wrote: > This is clever. - Eben but we need to keep at least one half of the name to one or two syllables though. i'm not looking forward to having to IRC about "pummeling pomegranates". paul > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'v

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Eben Eliason
This is clever. - Eben On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Walter Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've always been an alliteration fan, but how about a noun and a > verb--after all, learning is action. > > appropriate apricots > > or a gerund form > > appropriating apricots > > -walter > > > On

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Am 15.07.2008 um 07:10 schrieb Richard A. Smith: > Morgan Collett wrote: > >>> Heh. I never noticed. Why do you think the alphabetical ordering >>> is so >>> special? >> >> It's easy to know the upgrade path: dapper -> edgy -> feisty -> gutsy >> -> hardy -> intrepid -> j > > I thought tha

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Richard A. Smith
Morgan Collett wrote: >> Heh. I never noticed. Why do you think the alphabetical ordering is so >> special? > > It's easy to know the upgrade path: dapper -> edgy -> feisty -> gutsy > -> hardy -> intrepid -> j I thought thats what the release number was for? The code name is just that a

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Walter Bender
I've always been an alliteration fan, but how about a noun and a verb--after all, learning is action. appropriate apricots or a gerund form appropriating apricots -walter On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am 15.07.2008 um 05:19 schrieb Tomeu Vizo

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Am 15.07.2008 um 05:19 schrieb Tomeu Vizoso: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:43 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> morgan wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:56, Richard A. Smith >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greg Smith wrote: > Ideas so far. Please vote or propose a new one: >

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Morgan Collett
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 14:34, Richard A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> i have to say, though, that one of the best decisions ubuntu >> ever made was to have alphabetically ordered codenames. i'm > > Heh. I never noticed. Why do you think the alphabetical order

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Richard A. Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i have to say, though, that one of the best decisions ubuntu > ever made was to have alphabetically ordered codenames. i'm Heh. I never noticed. Why do you think the alphabetical ordering is so special? -- Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One Laptop Per Child __

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 1:43 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > morgan wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:56, Richard A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Greg Smith wrote: > > > > > >> Ideas so far. Please vote or propose a new one: > > >> Freire > > >> mango > > >> Papert > > > >

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread pgf
morgan wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:56, Richard A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greg Smith wrote: > > > >> Ideas so far. Please vote or propose a new one: > >> Freire > >> mango > >> Papert > > > > I'm +1 for mango. I think naming after fruits plays well with calling > > ou

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Morgan Collett
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:56, Richard A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg Smith wrote: > >> Ideas so far. Please vote or propose a new one: >> Freire >> mango >> Papert > > I'm +1 for mango. I think naming after fruits plays well with calling > our user environment sugar. Another +1 for ma

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Richard A. Smith
Greg Smith wrote: > Ideas so far. Please vote or propose a new one: > Freire > mango > Papert I'm +1 for mango. I think naming after fruits plays well with calling our user environment sugar. -- Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One Laptop Per Child ___

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-15 Thread Greg Smith
Hi Guys, I believe Freire is pronounced "fr eh ee ray". I thought this list was the "community" you were referring to. Let me know exactly what e-mail lists or wiki pages or whatever you want for communication strategy. Good point from James about Freire being political which may be a problem.

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-14 Thread Jameson "Chema" Quinn
> > So, that said, starting with Freire might still allow us to move in a > different direction for 9.2 and avoid the learning philosophy wars. > --scott I could easily propose my "trees" idea as a follow up to Freire. He spoke of learning to write with a stick in the dirt under a mango tree. 9.

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-14 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Jameson Chema Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If we do choose this naming scheme, I think Freire is a good place to start. > If not, I think that something suggesting growth (names of trees?) might be > safer. As I understand it, the other part of the Fedora nam

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-14 Thread Jameson "Chema" Quinn
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:40 PM, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > My suggestion is to use names of famous pedagogues as code names. I > > suggest we call this one Freire for Paulo Freire > > (http://en.wikipe

Re: Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-14 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My suggestion is to use names of famous pedagogues as code names. I > suggest we call this one Freire for Paulo Freire > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire) > > Any other votes or code name suggestions? Well, I'm not

Code name for 9.1.0

2008-07-14 Thread Greg Smith
Hi All, I need to create a page where I can start organizing ideas and gathering requirements for 9.1.0. I plan to refer to it by code name instead of number until its released (thanks to Scott for the suggestion). My suggestion is to use names of famous pedagogues as code names. I suggest we