Code names for Aurora builds
Mark Banner
Mark.
Jim
> If anyone has any more suggestions, please let us know. We'll probably
> be making the final decision on Wednesday as we need to get these builds
> started, and having the code name at the beginning will be much easier.
We could also consider basing Thunderbird's "Aurora" codename on the
other use of "Aurora": the Roman goddess of the dawn. If we want to keep
with the "A" (for "alpha", as opposed to "B"/"Borealis" which might
imply "beta"), we could use:
* Albina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albina_(mythology)>
* Alectrona <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alectrona>
* Apollo (not specifically the "dawn", but the sun in general)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_%28god%29>
* Atanua <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanua>
* Atarapa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarapa>
"Apollo" is probably the only one of those that's recognizable to most
people, though.
- Jim
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Blake Winton
> On 06/06/2011 04:40 PM, Mark Banner wrote:
>> If anyone has any more suggestions, please let us know. We'll probably
>> be making the final decision on Wednesday as we need to get these builds
>> started, and having the code name at the beginning will be much easier.
>
> We could also consider basing Thunderbird's "Aurora" codename on the
> other use of "Aurora": the Roman goddess of the dawn.
Along the same lines, I was hoping we could use the Greek version:
"Eos", but no-one else who heard it really liked it, and it really
doesn't follow the "A" scheme.
> "Apollo" is probably the only one of those that's recognizable to most
> people, though.
We could also use Battlestar Galactica references if we went that way…
(Well, probably not, but it would be neat.)
Later,
Blake.
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Joshua Cranmer
So we need a new code name. Drivers had a chat about this a while ago, and we came up with Borealis as a favourite due to its association with Aurora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29).
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John Hopkins
> On 6/6/2011 2:40 PM, Mark Banner wrote:
>> So we need a new code name. Drivers had a chat about this a while ago,
>> and we came up with Borealis as a favourite due to its association
>> with Aurora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29)
> Well, technically it's the Aurora Borealis, but there is also an Aurora
> Australis, so if you want to keep the `A' name, why not use Australis?
Or, simply, Astral.
John
Mike Conley
Athena is "the goddess of wisdom, civilization, warfare, strength,
strategy, female arts, crafts, justice and skill."
-Mike
John Thomsen
> The Nightly/Aurora/Beta/Release brandings of Firefox are designed to
> imply emerging features coming through the channels. We'd like to keep a
> sense of that for Thunderbird as well.
>
> So we need a new code name. Drivers had a chat about this a while ago,
> and we came up with Borealis
IMHO, Borealis is too close to Borrelia [1]
> If anyone has any more suggestions, please let us know.
I suggest replacing:
Nightly/Aurora/Beta/Release
with:
Nightbird/Corona/Beta/Release
Because Nightbird as a contraction of Nightly and Thunderbird relates to
both and the result, night bird, actually makes sense. The name is also
easy to remember.
Corona [2] is the "aurora" of e.g the Sun. The syntax of the word is
also similar to that of its peer, which makes life easier in a number of
situations.
Finally, the two names together implies emerging features.
My best shots. Take good care of them ;)
Regards,
John
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrelia
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona
Kent James
On 6/7/2011 10:36 AM, John Thomsen wrote:
> I suggest replacing:
> Nightly/Aurora/Beta/Release
>
> with:
> Nightbird/Corona/Beta/Release
rkent
John Hopkins
> On 2011-06-06 23:40, Mark Banner wrote:
>> The Nightly/Aurora/Beta/Release brandings of Firefox are designed to
>> imply emerging features coming through the channels. We'd like to keep a
>> sense of that for Thunderbird as well.
>>
>> So we need a new code name. Drivers had a chat about this a while ago,
>> and we came up with Borealis
>
> IMHO, Borealis is too close to Borrelia [1]
>
>> If anyone has any more suggestions, please let us know.
>
> I suggest replacing:
> Nightly/Aurora/Beta/Release
>
> with:
> Nightbird/Corona/Beta/Release
>
> Because Nightbird as a contraction of Nightly and Thunderbird relates to
> both and the result, night bird, actually makes sense. The name is also
> easy to remember.
>
> Corona [2] is the "aurora" of e.g the Sun. The syntax of the word is
> also similar to that of its peer, which makes life easier in a number of
> situations.
Corona is the name of a popular beer - I don't know if that would hinder
our usage of the word.
Other than that, I think those are good ideas.
John
Jeff Grossman
I suggest replacing:
Nightly/Aurora/Beta/Release
with:
Nightbird/Corona/Beta/Release
neandr
>
> Corona is the name of a popular beer - I don't know if that would
> hinder our usage of the word.
>
> http://www.corona.com/
>
>
If there is a conflict with the brewer .. just replace the c by k
Nightbird/Korona/Beta/Release
Günter