[Fwd: Planning for Ubuntu 7.04 - the "Feisty Fawn"]

[Tristan Rhodes]

Aaron,

That would have been a cool pattern.  Looks like Mark is trying to go
in alphabetical order.

Tristan

On 10/18/06, Aaron Toponce <aaron.toponce at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Bummer!!!  I was hoping the naming scheme would go in a pattern as
> follows:
>
>     * Warty Warthog
>     * Hoary Hedgehog
>     * Breezy Bagder
>           o Dapper Drake LTS
>     * Edgy Eft
>     * (another lizard name)
>     * (another lizard name)
>           o (another duck name) LTS
>     * (pattern 3)
>     * (pattern 3)
>     * (pattern 3)
>           o (another duck name) LTS
>
> See where I'm going with this?  That would be cool.  But I guess this
> *is* Mark's baby, so name it as he will, but I think that still
> would've been cool nonetheless.
>
> I guess, rather, I'll have to look forward to Bambi instead.  :S
>
> Aaron Toponce - http://www.pthree.org
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>
>
> Christer Edwards wrote:
> > For anyone not currently on the developer mailing list this is from Mark
> > Shuttleworth with announcements for Ubuntu 7.04 & the new nickname.
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > From: Mark Shuttleworth <mark at canonical.com>
> >
> > Salve, Ubuntero's
> >
> > With the final release of Ubuntu 6.10 approaching, and apparently set
> > to be spot on schedule October 26th, we're starting to look beyond
> > it to Ubuntu 7.04, scheduled for release on 19 April 2007.
> >
> > In the next cycle we'll expand on the brand new infrastructure that has
> > landed in Edgy as well as branching out in some exciting new directions.
> > This combination of courage and restlessness is also found in a young deer
> > that sets out to explore a world that is new and exciting - seeing the
> > world through eyes unprejudiced by what has gone before.
> >
> > In that spirit, the release will be be code named "The Feisty Fawn".
> >
> > The main themes for feature development in this release will be
> > improvements to hardware support in the laptop, desktop and high-end
> > server market, and aggressive adoption of emerging desktop technologies.
> > Ubuntu's Feisty release will put the spotlight on multimedia enablement
> > and desktop effects. We expect this to be a very gratifying release for
> > both users and developers. Detailed planning will take place at the
> > developer summit next month in Mountain View, California. Please join
> > us there to help shape the Feisty Fawn!
> >
> >    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView
> >
> > This will be our sixth release, marking the third anniversary of the
> > project's inception, and will be a return to our standard six-month release
> > schedule following the shortened catch-up cycle used for 6.10.
> >
> > Edgy has been a wild ride, with some remarkable achievements (nothing
> > like re-inventing and substantially improving on init!). Feisty will
> > be a little more focused on features that are very visible to end-users.
> >
> > We welcome new participants in our community - whatever your talent we
> > look forward to working with you! Jono Bacon, our new community lead,
> > will find a way to make sure your contribution is well received.
> >
> > Mark
> >