First LTS Release 'codename'

[jasnell]

@nodejs/lts ... please offer candidates for the codename for the first LTS release.

as far as I'm concerned, the obvious first choice is hydrogen.

[Fishrock123]

hydrogen and chromium overlap with v8/chrome. (hydrogen is v8's debugging output.)

I suggest we should never term one of our releases those because it will be very confusing.

I'm honestly not sold on elements, but I also don't have great suggestions. Maybe color?

[jasnell]

I'm not particularly concerned with possible overlap in the naming. It should be clear through context that the names refer to very different things.

[rvagg]

I had the same concern as @Fishrock123 about Hydrogen which is why I've steered clear of it in suggestions, but also I agree that context makes this less of a concern.

I was quite attracted to the idea of using the noble gasses, they are all pretty awesome. Node.js Helium, Node.js Neon.

Then there's line 6 of the periodic table which has some of the best names: Cae­sium, Ba­rium, Lute­tium, Haf­nium, Tanta­lum, Tung­sten, Rhe­nium, Os­mium, Iridium, Plat­inum, Gold, Mer­cury, Thallium, Lead (maybe not), Bis­muth, Polo­nium, Asta­tine, Radon

[jasnell]

I'm good with using the Noble gases. Helium is good start.
On Jul 22, 2015 6:29 PM, "Rod Vagg" notifications@github.com wrote:

I had the same concern as @Fishrock123 https://github.com/Fishrock123
about Hydrogen which is why I've steered clear of it in suggestions, but
also I agree that context makes this less of a concern.

I was quite attracted to the idea of using the noble gasses, they are all
pretty awesome. Node.js Helium, Node.js Neon.

Then there's line 6 of the periodic table which has some of the best
names: Cae­sium, Ba­rium, Lute­tium, Haf­nium, Tanta­lum, Tung­sten,
Rhe­nium, Os­mium, Iridium, Plat­inum, Gold, Mer­cury, Thallium, Lead
(maybe not), Bis­muth, Polo­nium, Asta­tine, Radon

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[Fishrock123]

I'm just going to vote we start at Ununoctium.

[thefourtheye]

Crazy idea: I propose actual first names of people based on their number of commits. Maybe we can start with Node.js - Ryan?

[Fishrock123]

Also: Lithium is also used somewhere in v8-related things. (grep the log when you build)

[lfortin]

Other idea:

Node.js release codenames could be based on corresponding element atomic number:

v4 : Beryllium
v5 : Boron
v6 : Carbon
v7 : Nitrogen
v8 : Oxygen
v9 : Fluorine
v10: Neon
...

[srl295]

Lead (maybe not)

Plumbum

[trevnorris]

Node.js release codenames could be based on corresponding element atomic number:

Since LTS is only every even release would be skipping half the elements.

[paulvi]

Both Android and Eclipse use first letter corresponding to order in ABC, then Android follows sweets theme while Eclipse follows astronomy theme.

v1 A  
v2 B  
v3 C  
v4 D  
v5 E  
v6 F  
v7 G
v8 H  
v9 I
v10 J  

etc

There should be just a word starting from that letter.

This way after couple of years and dozen of version passing, any one can still easy figure out what numeric version goes for H* or B* codename.

If you stick to chemical elements, take a look at http://www.periodni.com/elements_symbols_sorted_alphabetically.html

[Slayer95]

Protium :)

[mikeal]

"Hartnell" named for the first actor playing Dr Who.

That gives us twelve more easy choices before moving on to a new naming scheme :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

[ceejbot]

Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker, Davison, Baker, McCoy, McGann, Hurt, Eccleston, Tennant, Smith, Capaldi. There's a Baker collision that you can resolve with TomBaker vs ColinBaker. Heh.