[CentOS-devel] Stream naming

Fri Mar 5 18:28:28 UTC 2021
Brian Stinson <brian at bstinson.com>

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021, at 11:48, 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?

Nothing is forevermore, but we should consider the c8s and c9s technical/branch naming conventions stable (think the API/ABI definition of stability).  

> 
> (I don't care per-se, just that it's clarifying.)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> - Karsten
> 
> [1] https://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/
> 
> [2] https://git.centos.org/centos/board/issues
> 
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