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On Aug 13, 2019, at 12:09 PM, Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ideally we'd have a way to name releases that removes the subjectivity
>> and polling parts, which seems to be the painful part. Just have some
>> objective way of ranking a limited number of options for trademark
>> analysis, and be done with it.
> 
> Or use numbers, years,...

The whole release cycle was based on Ubuntu patterns, since many early OpenStackers came from Ubuntu. OpenStack, though, just used the alphabetical names for releases, rather than also using the YYYY.MM pattern. The Ubuntu animal names are cute, but most people refer to a release by the year/month name, as it's simpler.

The problem with this naming cycle in the convergence of the next letter being a letter that doesn’t occur natively in the language where the summit is held. That possibility was not considered when the naming requirements were adopted, and is the root cause of all these naming discussions. It seems rather square-peg-round-hole to force it with this release by using English-like renderings of Chinese words to force compliance with a requirement that wasn’t fully thought out.

So since the requirements assume the English alphabet, which doesn’t fit well with Chinese, what about suspending the requirements for geographic relevance, and instead select English words beginning with “U” that have some relevance to Shanghai. I don’t have any ideas along these lines; just pointing out that blind adherence to a poor rule will usually produce poor results.


-- Ed Leafe