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Release Naming
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Each OpenStack development cycle has a code-name that is
proposed and chosen by the community.  This name is frequently used in
preference to version numbers to refer to the release at the end of
the cycle.  The process of choosing the name should be an enjoyable
activity for the community to mark the software development cycle, and
the name itself should be fun to use.

Because the name will become associated with OpenStack, and a
particular release, the process should consider potential issues of
trademark.

Release Naming Process
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The Technical Committee will designate an official to be responsible
for executing the release naming process, which consists of the
following steps:

#. The process to chose the name for a release begins once the
   location of the summit that takes place during the development
   cycle of the release to be named is announced.

#. Anyone may propose a name that matches the `Release Name
   Criteria`_.  Proposed names should be added to a page on the
   OpenStack wiki.

#. The marketing community may identify any names of particular
   concern from a marketing standpoint and discuss such issues
   publicly on the Marketing mailing list.  The marketing community
   may produce a list of problematic items (with citations to the
   mailing list discussion of the rationale) to the election official.
   This information will be communicated during the election, but the
   names will not be removed from the poll.

#. After the close of nominations, the election official will finalize
   the list of proposed names and publicize it.  In general, the
   official should strive to make objective determinations as to
   whether a name meets the `Release Name Criteria`_, but if
   subjective evaluation is required, should be generous in
   interpreting the rules.  It is not necessary to reduce the list of
   proposed names to a small number.

#. Once the list is finalized and publicized, a one-week period shall
   elapse before the start of the election so that any names removed
   from consideration because they did not meet the `Release Name
   Criteria`_ may be discussed.  Names erroneously removed may be
   re-added during this period, and the Technical Committee may vote
   to add exceptional names (which do not meet the standard criteria).

#. A Condorcet election is held among all OpenStack Foundation
   Individual Members to rank the names.  The poll will include the
   names along with any links to mailing list discussions provided by
   the marketing community.

#. The Foundation will perform a trademark check on the winning name.
   If there is a trademark conflict, then the Foundation will proceed
   down the ranked list of Condorcet results until a name without a
   trademark conflict is found.  This will be the selected name.


Release Name Criteria
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The following rules are designed to provide some consistency in the
pattern used to select release names, provide a fun challenge in
finding names that meet the criteria, and prevent unwieldy names from
being chosen.

#. Each release name must start with the letter of the ISO basic Latin
   alphabet following the initial letter of the previous release,
   starting with the initial release of "Austin".  After "Z", the next
   name should start with "A" again.

#. The name must be composed only of the 26 characters of the ISO
   basic Latin alphabet.  Names which can be transliterated into this
   character set are also acceptable.

#. The name must refer to the physical or human geography of the
   region encompassing the location of the OpenStack summit for
   the corresponding release.  The exact boundaries of the geographic
   region under consideration must be declared before the opening of
   nominations, as part of the initiation of the selection process.

#. The name must be a single word with a maximum of 10 characters.
   Words that describe the feature should not be included, so "Foo
   City" or "Foo Peak" would both be eligible as "Foo".

Names which do not meet these criteria but otherwise sound really cool
should be added to a separate section of the wiki page and the TC may
make an exception for one or more of them to be considered in the
Condorcet poll.  The naming official is responsible for presenting the
list of exceptional names for consideration to the TC before the poll
opens.

Polls
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Release  Coordinator   Nominations Open  Poll Open   Poll Close  Geographic Region
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M        Monty Taylor  2015-06-01        2015-06-08  2015-06-15  N/A
N        Monty Taylor  2015-11-08        2015-11-30  2015-12-07  Texas Hill Country
O        Monty Taylor  2015-11-08        2015-11-30  2015-12-07  Catalonia
P        Monty Taylor  2016-06-22        2016-07-06  2016-07-13  New England
Q        Monty Taylor  2016-06-22        2016-07-06  2016-07-13  New South Wales
R        Monty Taylor  2017-03-22        2017-04-05  2017-04-12  British Columbia
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