Relishing the release name

So after the vote was taken, after the balloons had fallen to the convention floor, the release name for Fedora 17 is Beefy Miracle, a cartoon hot dog.

Given the alternatives on the ballot (more on this later), I’m OK with this release name and it passes muster-d with yours truly.

Some people have a beef with this release name and have been going out of their way to grill its proponents on what a huge faux pas and injustice this is. Beefy Miracle — how could you name something like that? Don’t you see it will make you a laughingstock? What were you people thinking?

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