fc7 should be f7

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Tue Jul 10 00:02:22 UTC 2007


Martin Marques:
>> Hasn't anybody noticed that packages are still labeled fc7, even 
>> though it's Fedora 7 and not Fedora Core 7?

Eric:
> I think that the Fedora team tried to convince people to use F7 and not FC7 
> and, since that attempt seems to have failed, came up with a "backronym" of 
> "Fedora Collection" to fit the FC.

I think it's just as well, and it's a pity it doesn't extend to
referring to it as FC7, all the time.  Searching the internet for "F7"
is going to find lots of non-Fedora returns.

-- 
[tim at bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr
2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386

Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5.  Today, it's FC7.

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