[CentOS-devel] Stream naming

On 3/5/21 11:48 AM, Karsten Wade wrote:
> 
> On 3/3/21 6:34 AM, Brian Stinson wrote:
>> My suggestion is:
>>
>> "CentOS Stream 8"
> 
> Additionally, this is consistent with the trademark guidelines[1],
> although we may need to amend/fix them to make this clear. (They may not
> be entirely consistent on this regard and some we have to infer.)
> 
> Basically, "CentOS" is the name of the project, and it does not carry a
> version number.
> 
> The guidelines allow for any number of artifacts (produced things) to
> come out of the project and carry a version number, by following the
> format of "CentOS Foo N".
> 
> My understanding is the guidelines cover this in scope by design, but if
> more clarity is needed, we can capture that for the Board to work on[2].
> 
> I understand that 'c8s' is there for technical reasons (cf. 'fc' in
> Fedora package names); does that mean forevermore that's the way it is?
> Or could 'cs9' be a thing?
> 
> 

I don't know the answer .. but doing it the same is much easier for
scripting, etc.

But, I have not spent any time actually looking at this, not sure if
anyone has at this point.