fc, fc, fc, fc?

Bryn M. Reeves bmr at redhat.com
Fri Feb 13 15:41:57 UTC 2009


Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 15:20 +0000, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
>> Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>>> Why does Fedora Core still live on?
>>>
>>> kernel-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10
>>> Terminal-0.2.8.3-1.fc10
>>> git-1.6.0.6-1.fc10
>>>
>>> I'm dying here. Someone please help me.
>>>
>> Iirc, the 'c' in the package tags was retained because dropping it 
>> would cause sorting issues for package NVREs. I believe it has been 
>> bacronymed as "fedora collection". ;)
> ----
> Well, I learned a new word today (Bryn's misspell easily forgiven)...

I prefer that spelling - according to google, it's the dominant 
variation - there's 28,000,000 hits for that spelling to 39,000 with 
the 'k' :)

I shall persist in this mis-spelling :)

Cheers,
Bryn.




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