Ubuntu Community Manager (Jono Bacon) releases 8.04's development name

[altonbr]

HARDY HERON

Link to devel-announce list: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-August/000336.html
Link to his blog: http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1017


Introducing the Hardy Heron
August 29th, 2007

I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04), the next version of Ubuntu that will succeed Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10, due for release in October 2007). Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an easy-to-use, reliable, free software platform, but this release will proudly wear the badge of Long Term Support (LTS) and be supported with security updates for five years on the server and three years on the desktop. We look forward to releasing the Hardy Heron in April 2008.

With the opening of each new release cycle of Ubuntu, we have more and more opportunity at our fingertips. Not only are our friends in the upstream world constantly innovating and extending their applications and software, but the Ubuntu community continues to see incredible growth in its diverse range of areas such as packaging, development, documentation, quality assurance, translations, LoCo teams and more. Each new release gives us all an opportunity to shine, irrespective of which bricks in the project we are laying, and this is at the heart of our belief - working together to produce an Operating System that will empower its users and shape the IT industry, putting free software at the corner-stone of our direction.

Most people only ever see the end-user view of Ubuntu, running it on their desktops, servers and mobile devices around the world. For these users, Ubuntu provides a simple, convenient means to do what they want to do easily, effectively and without unnecessary complexity. For many of us though, we want to open up the hood and understand how the system works and how to extend and grow it. Thousands of us get out of bed every day, united behind Ubuntu, ready to make a difference, working together to make our vision happen.

Importantly, our ethos of collaboration and freedom extends to the development process as well as the end product. As such, the Ubuntu development process is a very open, transparent one, and anyone is welcome to get involved. It works like this:


Everyone is welcome to think of and develop ideas for features that could be present in the Hardy Heron release. These ideas are written as specifications (detailed documents outlining how the idea would work and be implemented). You are welcome to add your specifications to https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu.
In October 2007, we will hold the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and generate a schedule of sessions to discuss these specifications. The sessions provide a means for interested parties to help scope out the proposed feature and determine methods and plans to implement it. The Ubuntu Developer Summit is a semi-virtual event in which those who cannot attend can dial in with VoIP and use IRC and collaborative editing with Gobby to take part in the summit.

Everyone is welcome to participate, everyone is welcome to get involved, and everyone is welcome to help shape the form of the Hardy Heron. Let’s work together to shake things up, make things happen and make the most compelling Ubuntu release yet. Start your engines…

[forrestcupp]

I was wondering if they would skip the 'H' because of Hoary Hedgehog. I guess that's too ancient for people to remember so it doesn't matter.

[tszanon]

I was wondering if they would skip the 'H' because of Hoary Hedgehog. I guess that's too ancient for people to remember so it doesn't matter.
Ahh, not that ancient! It was the first ubuntu version I used. :)

[dasunst3r]

Ahh, not that ancient! It was the first ubuntu version I used. :)Me too! That was when I was still jumping between Ubuntu and openSUSE and trying to settle down on one distro. I would still love for Ubuntu to be released during the breaks between semesters (unless you have summer school).

[Wolki]

Why two releases with 'H' when there are so many letters left? They did reuse the G as well, but at least Grumpy Groundhog never really existed.

I liked Mark's announcements better. They explained the name, and gave an impression of the goals for the release. This announcement mostly tells us that everyone can contribute and that our community's great; fits well for a community manager but different

The name itself... Having a bird for once is nice, but I'm not yet convinced. At least it's easy to spoof :)

[mostwanted]

Why two releases with 'H' when there are so many letters left? They did reuse the G as well, but at least Grumpy Groundhog never really existed.

I liked Mark's announcements better. They explained the name, and gave an impression of the goals for the release. This announcement mostly tells us that everyone can contribute and that our community's great; fits well for a community manager but different

The name itself... Having a bird for once is nice, but I'm not yet convinced. At least it's easy to spoof :)

Mark will probably do a follow-up with some of the new goals.

[garak]

Why two releases with 'H' when there are so many letters left?

I'm wondering why, too. :(

[Spr0k3t]

Once they are through the alphabet, they will restart with the letter A for the adjective and A for the animal. The informtion of why they did this is in the wiki under ReleaseName I think.

Me starts some graphic work with a Heron.

[ddrichardson]

I can't wait to see the names people actually use for this release - you know like the hundreds of people who keep referring to "Gusty Gibbon".

[Lord Illidan]

Well, I thought Hardy was a good name for an LTS distro..as its meant to be reliable..not a bad name imho.

[covox]

Heh, 'tis not a bad name. I'm sure it will catch on.

ddrichardson: In my mind I've already started to refer to it as "Hardy Herring"...

[starcraft.man]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I wanted Hungry Hippo!!! :D

Oh well, I guess I can live with it.

[popch]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I wanted Hungry Hippo!!! :D

Oh well, I guess I can live with it.

Still better than 'Hairy Herring'

[mostwanted]

Everybody, digg this story that someone posted on digg (not me, I was too late unfortunately). Hasn't been getting a whole lot of diggs:

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Next_Ubuntu_LTS_release_is_Hardy_Heron

[jsmidt]

I liked Mark's announcements better. They explained the name, and gave an impression of the goals for the release.

I completely agree. The past announcements used to get me fired up about what to look forward to in the next release.

[bapoumba]

The fridge announcement:
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1099

[stmiller]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-August/000336.html

Not Hungry Hippo? They missed their chance. :)

[jgrabham]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-August/000336.html

Not Hungry Hippo?

Nah, thats vistas codename

haha in there first!

[bobbybobington]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I wanted Hungry Hippo!!! :D

Oh well, I guess I can live with it.

well don't worry, they've already released an "h" release before, you just have to wait 26 releases till they reach "H" again. :lolflag:

[SZF2001]

Wouldn't Hungry Hippo count as a copyright infringement?

Anyway, that would be an awesome name...

[FuturePilot]

Awesome news! So it will be the next LTS. Sweet! Cool name too.:lolflag:

[tehkain]

Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har

[Mazza558]

I can't wait to see the names people actually use for this release - you know like the hundreds of people who keep referring to "Gusty Gibbon".

The most obvious ones are:

Hardly Heron
Hardy Hero
Hardly Hero

:)

[RageOfOrder]

I'm still pushing for Farty Fish

[Sporkman]

Not Hungry Hippo? They missed their chance. :)

:lol:

[happysmileman]

I'm still pushing for Farty Fish

Well considering they appear to be going in alphabetical order you missed your chance with Feisty Fawn

[altonbr]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I wanted Hungry Hippo!!! :D

Oh well, I guess I can live with it.

Everyone, here's the parody he is speaking about: http://www.thinginabag.com/content/hungry-hippo

I think the logo is ingenious.

[ddrichardson]

Slashdot (http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/29/169242&from=rss) has got in on the act now.

[wolfger]

For some reason this name makes me think of Pump Up The Volume (http://imdb.com/title/tt0100436/)...
Happy Hardy Heron?:popcorn:

[juxtaposed]

Ahh, not that ancient! It was the first ubuntu version I used. :)

Mee too, then breezy, then windows for awhile then feisty :D


Wouldn't Hungry Hippo count as a copyright infringement?

Trademark I think.

[chrisccoulson]

Someone has updated the Wikipedia entry for Heron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron

[picpak]

Hardy?

Great...now everyone will be asking for help with that "Hard-on OS".

[coffeecat]

I can't wait to see the names people actually use for this release

I'm just waiting for the first idiot who refers to Admiral Nelson's alleged last words. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson%2C_1st_Viscount_Nelson#Last_words)

Oh! That's me, isn't it? :oops:

[loell]

according to my feng-shui

hardy heron won't be a good LTS, do you wanna know why?

simply because of the name convention , dapper drake is solid because it doesn't have a letter y on its name.

now because of the careless naming convention, systems will break, no matter how hard packagers and developers work.

j/k :lolflag: :lolflag:

[ddrichardson]

I'm just waiting for the first idiot who refers to Admiral Nelson's alleged last words. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson%2C_1st_Viscount_Nelson#Last_words)

Oh! That's me, isn't it? :oops:

I've never understood why this gets misquoted, I mean "drink, drink, rub, rub, fan, fan" are excellent last words.

[floke]

Here it is...

http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1017

[altonbr]

Someone has updated the Wikipedia entry for Heron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron

And I edited the Ubuntu article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribution%29. Whoopdy doo.


according to my feng-shui

hardy heron won't be a good LTS, do you wanna know why?

simply because of the name convention , dapper drake is solid because it doesn't have a letter y on its name.

now because of the careless naming convention, systems will break, no matter how hard packagers and developers work.

j/k :lolflag: :lolflag:

I don't get it.


Here it is...

http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1017

I also don't get it...

[RAV TUX]

Good to see the "Hardy Herons" finish at the Richmond Dragon Boat Festival 2007 Results. (http://www.ubcboathouse.com/RDBF-Results-07.pdf)

[loell]

A
I don't get it.


ok let me expound ;)



Feng Shui or fengshui (; ) is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment. The practice is estimated to be more than three thousand years old.

now getting back to my ridiculous theory, dapper drake had been the most stable yet in all releases, the not so great releases were/are



warty
hoary
edgy
fiesty

see? all of those released version names have letter
y

except dapper. so to have stability in the next LTS they should not use the letter y in their naming convention.

so
hardy heron is doomed to breakage :mrgreen:

[picpak]

Actually, not naming it with a Y would be great. It'd be easier to distinguish the LTS releases.

[loell]

Actually, not naming it with a Y would be great. It'd be easier to distinguish the LTS releases.

yeah i agree, users can easily tell the differnce.

[slimdog360]

Thats a terrible name. I would have went for something better like, hairy hard on.

[msak007]

Maybe if this LTS gets delayed like Dapper, they can change the name to "Hardly Herontime" :)

[Footissimo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I wanted Hungry Hippo!!! :D

Oh well, I guess I can live with it.

I wanted Hungry Hippo too =(

We need a Hungry Hippo fork :mad:

[Luffield]

Isn't this decleration relatively early? I think that most development names were announced shortly before the start of the development cycle, an Gutsy is still about two months away.
I like the name Hardy Heron. It's easy to spoof, yes, but I have a hunch it's intentional :)

[siimo]

I would've gone with Horny Hamster :lolflag:

[wolfger]

And I edited the Ubuntu article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribution%29. Whoopdy doo.
No, not whoopty. That several releases down the line: Whoopty WhoopingCrane.:lolflag:

[*daniel]

Thats a terrible name. I would have went for something better like, hairy hard on.

The very first thing I noticed about this release name is that if you switch the first two syllables of each word, you do indeed get the phonetic equivalent of "Hairy Hardon".

Which made me snort coffee out my nose. THANKS, Ubuntu ;)

[newbie2]

The very first thing I noticed about this release name is that if you switch the first two syllables of each word, you do indeed get the phonetic equivalent of "Hairy Hardon".

Which made me snort coffee out my nose. THANKS, Ubuntu ;)


Just to show the amount of support that the new name has amongst the developer community, it has already been dubbed "Hardy Hardon". These developers are such wags, eh? µ


http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=42010
:lolflag:

[Bungo Pony]

So, this is the LTS that I'm planning on sticking with rather than being on the bleeding edge. Horny Herring? I forgot the name already. It'll take some time for the name to stick just like Gutsy Gumby did.

[wolfger]

I for one welcome Hardy Har-Har to the *buntu family.:popcorn:

[Sporkman]

So, this is the LTS that I'm planning on sticking with rather than being on the bleeding edge. Horny Herring? I forgot the name already. It'll take some time for the name to stick just like Gutsy Gumby did.

You could always call it 8.04...

[Polygon]

heh, cool name.

[angryfirelord]

Looks like this will be the first Ubuntu release associated with dirty things. :)

So what's 8.10, Ignoble Iguana?

:popcorn:

[bruno666]

I bet on "Impetuous Impala" for 8.10 ;)

[Ebuntor]

I bet on "Impetuous Impala" for 8.10 ;)

Followed by "Jolly Jellyfish" and "Kicking Kangaroo" :p