BreezyReleaseNotes Wiki page

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 09:51:25AM -0700, Karl Hegbloom wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 00:39 -0400, Lukas Sabota wrote:
> > Should the codename Breezy Badger be used in the public release notes?  
> > Wasn't it decided to use the official name "Ubuntu 5.10" instead of the 
> > developer codename for things like this?
> 
> IMO, using the codename is a good thing.  One, the code-names are
> "cute", and easy to remember.  People like them.  Two, it lends a
> feeling of "I'm a participant, not simply an anonymous customer" ;-).
> People like to feel like they are part of something.  Letting them "in
> on" the codename is part of that fun.

The release notes are an official communique which is addressed to the user
base at large, and as such they should use the proper name of the final
release rather than the code name.

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 - mdz