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| # List of TODO items required for 6.d language release | ||
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| ## NAMING | ||
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| ### Release Name | ||
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| The name "Diwali", planned in 2015 to go along with "Christmas" is LTA IMO (Zoffix), as it | ||
| encodes in itself a specific date we're unlikely to meet, and if we meet it, we set a | ||
| precendent we might not want to adhere to. | ||
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| So instead of "Diwali" I propose we use butterfly-related themes instead. e.g. butterly | ||
| specifies, genera, or other related names. | ||
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| So far my (Zoffix's) favourite is: **6.d "Dismorphia"** | ||
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| It sounds really cool and not butterfly-y at all, so when the | ||
| listener learns that we have this whole them of doing butterfly stuff | ||
| it kicks up the coolness a notch :) | ||
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| Dismorphia is a [genus of butteflies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismorphia) | ||
| and despite my huge distaste for insects, Dismorphias actually look pretty cool: | ||
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| Other names that start with D are butterfly common names: "Dreamy Dusky-Wing", "Dotted Blue", and "Dainty Sulphur" | ||
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| ## FEATURES | ||
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| The [FEATURES.md](FEATURES.md) lists the proposed features that need to be | ||
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👍 to the butterfuly idea. It makes me happy because when I was a kid my grandparents lived in a then new town where all the pubs were named after butterflies and moths. And yes I'd go with "Dreamy Duskywing" too :)
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I wonder what people like so much about “Dreamy Duskywing”. There are several well-known projects (e.g. ubuntu) that go with two-worded release names, and I never understood why. I open the list of releases and I'm faced with a bunch of unrememberable release names. If the goal is to have some random name, then sure, but it is much less useful than it could be. Like if Macintosh was called Cornish Gilliflower.
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👎 To the butterfly idea. I mean it's fine, but animal names have been done before a lot, and doesn't really mean that much to me. Arguing that naming it after holidays requires a release on a specific date is like implying that naming it after butterflies means we have to release the software from servers in their habitat.
Holidays are a unique naming convention in the software world, and they're about bringing people together and recognizing culture. They're about celebration, and that we feel our milestone releases are worth celebrating. Biodiversity is worth celebrating too, but Perl 6 is for humans. Let's use names that invite humans to join in the party. 🎉
Also I'm waiting for the release Perl 6.t "Talk Like a Pirate Day" ☠️
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Using holidays as names reminds us of human reasons to celebrate. Perl 6 is the most human friendly computer language I've ever seen. We don't have to tie them to the holiday's date to tie them to human reasons to celebrate.
According to Wikipedia, Diwali "signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair."
+1 for Diwali whether it's released tomorrow, or the 19th of October 2017, or the 19th of January 2018.
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This is an interesting idea.
Just wanted to mention that there is a 'Christmas Butterfly' - so we could use this as a 'backcronym/retrofit' for the naming of the first Christmas release.
HTH
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Dreamy Duskywing
Using an "adjective + animal" alliteration for release names is Ubuntu's thing, so upon seeing such a release name people might assume that it refers to Ubuntu in some way. (e.g. "Perl 6.d Dreamy Duskywing... Hm, is this a Perl 6 with Ubuntu-specific patches or something?")
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This is a nice idea - but perhaps the butterflies should be major releases of the implementations rather than the specification. There may thus be several butterflies in the d series (e.g. first compliant release, then others which may come with performance enhancements or extensions not part of the spec).
I realise this does not answer the original concern about the dates so I will offer this (perhaps tenuous) justification for being relaxed about the dates:
Another testimony held by early Friends was that against the keeping of ‘times and seasons’. We might understand this as part of the conviction that all of life is sacramental; that since all times are therefore holy, no time should be marked out as more holy; that what God has done for us should always be remembered and not only on the occasions named Christmas, Easter and Pentecost.
This is a testimony which seems to be dying of neglect. Many Friends, involved with family and the wider society, keep Christmas; in some meetings, Easter and its meaning is neglected, not only at the calendar time but throughout the year. What I would hope for is neither that we let the testimony die, nor that we keep it mechanically. I hope for a rediscovery of its truth, that we should remember and celebrate the work of God in us and for us whenever God by the Spirit calls us to this remembrance and this joy.
Holidays are not only celebrations but also observances. What is important about the specification is not the date on which it falls (especially given that the date of religious occasions is an area of contention) - but that its meaning is observed throughout the year.
I love this idea so much. ♥