[kde-promo] Plasma Next Naming

[Carl Symons]

On 01/14/2014 11:18 AM, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Until now, we've been using "Plasma 2" as a working title for the next version
> of Plasma. We never formalized this, and the last discussion we had about this
> died out without producing a clear result. We've gone over these points during
> the sprint, and discussed some details about it.
>
> Some things that came up that we think are important for a new name:
>
> - We don't want it to be too technical, it should be engaging to "normal
>    people"
> - Version numbers seem confusing an not very expressive, these should rather
>    be a technical detail (for example to group bugzilla entries)
> - We want something that can be related to its release date
> - We don't want to see it tied to a single class of devices
>
> We came up with the following scheme, which we'd like to propose:
>
> * The upcoming release of the KDE Plasma Workspaces is called Plasma
> * The version number used is Month (as name) + year
> * Each release gets a codename based on a marine animal (*1), in alphabetical
>    order, one for each feature release
> * The exact name should be decided by the promo team (we have domain experts
>    that can give input, *ahum*)
> * "workspaces" should hardly be used at all, it's a technical term and doesn't
>    bear all that much meaning for users


>
> So, some examples how that's used:
>
> * "Please file a bug against Plasma June/2014"
> * "Plasma by KDE" (don't use "KDE Plasma", but rather "by KDE")
> * "KDE Releases Plasma Angelfish"

Maybe Plasma 201406 for version number
I like the marine animal/fish metaphor. Prolly don't need much promo 
domain expertise to come up with the name.




>
> A release could go along with an illustration of said animal to make it more
> engaging.
>
> (*1) we chose from a lot of options, and find marine animals quite nice for
> the following reasons:
>
> - Many options
> - Animals are easy to relate to for non-technical users
> - There are many choices, and they can be connected to different
>    characteristics (think of swordfish for speediness, for example)
> - The names often bear some meaning without knowing the exact animal in
>    question
> - It's rather easy to express concepts like organic, elegance, while being
>    playful and colorful
>
> Some example that I've found possibly suitable after a bit of research:
> Angelfish (example http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Angelfish , eloquent and colorful ),
> Barracuda ( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Barracuda ; fast and mean ), Clownfish (
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Clownfish ; small but fierce ), etc. As you can see,
> there's quite the variety.

d is for Devil Ray.

lots of choices
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_fish_names

how about Aholehole for A?

Carl

>
> Feedback to this proposal is very welcome, but please keep in mind that we
> would like to move on with this question. It's highly subjective to
> bike-shedding, and a decision is better than no decision.
>
> Cheers,
>