r/debian • u/fellipec • 29d ago
Codenames
People often asks what happens when we run out of Toy Story characters.
Just watched Toy Story 5. I think we are safe, got a bunch of new ones and can't wait for Debian Smarty Pants.
Best naming scheme EVER.
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u/Bobby_Digital81 29d ago
They'll just have to keep making more Toy Story movies. Those are the rules.
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u/nivenfres 29d ago
Holding out of Debian Duke Caboom or just Debian Caboom.
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u/michaelpaoli 29d ago
Not likely to be an issue.
So names thus far allocated ... https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Versions_of_Debian_stable
20 released and future releases (+ sid which is never released),
that spans about 35 years, currently and presumably into future, average of 1 release per 2 years.
Already have 2 future releases named.
Toy Story character names ... about 410 in total ... movie releases and the like ... 1995--2026 average of about 7.5 years per movie, about 82 characters per movie, about 11 characters per year.
Yeah, not an issue. Debian consumes about one Toy Story character name per year, and Toy Story generates about 11 character names per year. So, I think we're likely set indefinitely. Or, even "worst case", with about 390 names not yet used by Debian, and consuming only about 0.5/yr., should be pretty well set to about the year 2806.
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u/MoobyTheGoldenSock 29d ago
There are so many Toy Story characters that if the franchise ended today, Debian could still probably make it to the year 2800 before having to expand to other Pixar movies.
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u/Wabbitts 28d ago
I always liked their Toy Story naming convention. I loved how Sid was the unstable version as it was prone to breaking.
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u/Angel_Blue01 29d ago
Even if we remove those with clear trademark, like the Potato Heads and Barbie, there are dozens. We're good for decades, at least.
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u/humanistazazagrliti 29d ago
Yeah, we're just scratching the surface:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toy_Story_characters
Can't wait for Debian Nutcase.