The names of previous Lemmy versions were all very boring and repetetive. We need something much more creative. Any ideas?
Based on classification? Taken from a Wikipedia article concerning lemmings.
Eh, if someone on the team is feeling creative I don’t mind fun version numbers but semantic versioning is quite searchable and reduces confusion.
One does not exclude the other. You can have a fancy name and a semantic versioning.
The problem is that it is almost always just one lf them. Let’s say that v0.20 is called “Fuck Spez” and v0.21 is called “YouKnowWhatFuckMuskToo”.
Most people are going to refer to them by either the number or the name, almost never are both used. The biggest problem with names is that they are rarely sortable (google did it with android, for a bit but not anymore), so in the future it is hard to know which is which without resorting to looking at a list of releases.
For example, in the future when we are on v0.30 someone might say “ah, but this has been an issue since “Fuck Spez”.” And then most likely you have to look it up to know what they are talking about. If we coulld force everyone to alwaya write “version “Fuck Spez” (v0.20)” then it would be great, but that never happens.
I personally prefer just semantic versioning for this reason.
What if the names were picked from whatever news was prominent during the release week. During last summer we could have had something like blackout or APIcalypse.
People can search the name or SemVer and get the other name. It’s not hard, not time-consuming, and it’s way more fun. I genuinely miss when Android had dessert-themed names because it made the updates that much more exciting
I think that’s the case and why I said it’s fine in my OC, but the more I think about it I’m slightly concerned it might cause some fragmentation “Does anyone know how to force a user sync in Lightfoot?” and “How can I sync users (forced) in v13.8.12?”
Hm… Good point.
Yeah it muddles with searching for answers, especially when the names are common things. Apple can get away with naming macOS on places in California, but it’s going to be tough searching “having trouble posting comments on Thor” or whatever. The naming scheme can work, but it has to be very unique
I have exactly this problem when trying to fix issues on my MacBook :(
Motörhead had 23 studio albums.
This, it means sooner or later there will be a Lemmy version called Orgasmatron.
Call me a shit stirer but I can’t help but wonder if this violates rule 3? Which I say not to have this removed from here but because of the IMO weirdness of not wanting any lemmy-support posts here as though lemmy isn’t a growing space in need of supporting new users.
This isn’t a support question, as in a trouble shooting question. This is a question to the Lemmy community about the platform itself. Its an input/feedback request, not a “how do I use Lemmy” question.
Fair … I don’t really care that much TBH … it just seemed to be blurring the lines and I’ve always been ambivalent about the strident anti-support stance of this community … so I thought it’d put it out there.
I mean, the poster is one of the two lead developers of the Lemmy platform. He might get a pass.
Famous characters that are public domain. You could use recent ones (Steamboat Willie/Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, etc.) or pick from a long list of classic ones:
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/elderfingolfin/lists/best-public-domain-characters/18883/Add ridiculous titles for each version. For example. Lemmy Release v0.18.1: The Revengence
I just think it would be funny to have “Are you still on Revengence? Make sure you update to Snickerdoodle” pop up from time to time.
Hmm so you’re looking for a naming theme like the old Android scheme of Desserts or MacOS California Parks.
List off the top of my head
- Tree Species
- Cities, Towns, Villages in Cuba
- Mushroom Species
- Names of Wildflowers
That’s all I got for now.
My vote is for the mushroom species, I also just love eating mushrooms 🍄🤤
Numbers. All the stupid ubuntu names are cheese.
All the next one Final and the one after that Final.Final
- goddamn.final
- truly.final
- final.i.swear
- final.ffs
- no.more.revision
- no.more.revision.please
- no.more.goddamn.revision
- no.more.fcken.revisiom
- no.more.revision.ffs
use.this.one.actually
I feel attacked.
Music artists? Bands? Mountain names? Types of peppers? Either one would spice things up a bit I think lol
Instead of “release v20” how about “full release v20”
Maybe various rodent species?
It’s software versioning, not a new breakfast cereal
No we don’t.
Versioning like this is good for knowing how far off you are from current.
Books of the Bible, Torah and Koran
The amount of controversy it would generate would propel Lemmy into international headlines.
or chapters from “Das Capital”
