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During the development cycle, the release is identified using a codename. Those codenames are ordered alphabetically: Austin was the first release, Bexar is the second, Cactus the third, etc.

These codenames are chosen by condorcet vote of the OpenStack Foundation membership. Codenames are cities or counties near where the corresponding OpenStack design summit took place. An exception (called the Waldon exception) is granted to elements of the state flag that sound especially cool. That exception was extended to other major landmarks and reference points.

Austin (Austin, Texas): The first design summit took place in Austin, TX
2011.1 Bexar (San Antonio, Texas): San Antonio is located in Bexar county
2011.2 Cactus: Cactus is a city in Texas
2011.3 Diablo (Santa Clara, California): Diablo is a city in the bay area near Santa Clara
2012.1 Essex (Boston, Massachusetts): Essex is a city near Boston
2012.2 Folsom (San Francisco, California): Folsom is a city near San Francisco
2013.1 Grizzly (San Diego, California): Grizzly is an element of the state flag of California
2013.2 Havana (Portland, Oregon): Havana is an unincorporated community in Oregon
2014.1 Icehouse (Hong Kong): Ice House is a street in Hong Kong
2014.2 Juno (Atlanta, Georgia): Juno is a locality in Georgia
2015.1 Kilo (Paris, France): Paris (Sèvres, actually, but that's close enough) is home to the Kilogram, the only remaining SI unit tied to an artifact
2015.2 Liberty (Vancouver, British Columbia): Liberty is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
2016.1 Mitaka (Tokyo, Japan): Mitaka is a city located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
2016.2 Newton (Austin, Texas): The "Newton House", located at 1013 E. Ninth St., Austin, TX, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
2017.1 Ocata (Barcelona, Spain): Ocata is a beach about 20 minutes north of Barcelona by train

Only single words with a maximum of 10 characters are good candidates for a name. Bonus points for sounding cool.

Prior to being put to a vote, name candidates will be listed on this wiki page. Community members are encouraged to raise concerns about any potentially highly controversial names at this time.

After the vote, the names are vetted for legal entanglements. The top-most result without issues will be chosen as the release name.

Historical Changes

The voting system changed over time:
- Prior to the J release, the popular vote was conducted using the basic Launchpad poll feature over the ~openstack group.
- For the J & K release, a public survey monkey poll was used

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-OpenStack releases are numbered using a YYYY.N time-based scheme. For example, the first release of 2012 will have the 2012.1 version number. During the development cycle, the release is identified using a codename. Those codenames are ordered alphabetically: Austin was the first release, Bexar is the second, Cactus the third, etc.
+{{ caution|http://governance.openstack.org/reference/release-naming.html|Information here is obsolete.You should read instead: }}
-These codenames are chosen by popular vote using the basic Launchpad poll feature over the ~openstack group. Codenames are '''cities or counties near where the corresponding OpenStack design summit took place'''. An exception (called the ''Waldon exception'') is granted to ''elements of the state flag that sound especially cool''.
-* Austin: The first design summit took place in Austin, TX
+__NOTOC__
-* Bexar: The second design summit took place in San Antonio, TX (Bexar county).
+During the development cycle, the release is identified using a codename. Those codenames are ordered alphabetically: Austin was the first release, Bexar is the second, Cactus the third, etc.
-* Cactus: Cactus is a city in Texas
-* [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/d-release-naming Diablo]: Diablo is a city in the bay area near Santa Clara, CA
+These codenames are chosen by condorcet vote of the OpenStack Foundation membership. Codenames are '''cities or counties near where the corresponding OpenStack design summit took place'''. An exception (called the ''Waldon exception'') is granted to ''elements of the state flag that sound especially cool''. That exception was extended to other major landmarks and reference points.
-* [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/e-release-naming Essex]: Essex is a city near Boston, MA
-* [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/f-release-naming Folsom]: Folsom is a city near San Francisco, CA
+* Austin (Austin, Texas): The first design summit took place in Austin, TX
-* [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/g-stands-for-grizzly Grizzly]: Grizzly is an element of the state flag of California (design summit takes place in San Diego, CA)
+* 2011.1 Bexar (San Antonio, Texas): San Antonio is located in Bexar county
-* [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/h-release-naming Havana]: Havana is an unincorporated community in Oregon
+* 2011.2 Cactus: Cactus is a city in Texas
-* [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/i-release-naming Icehouse]: Ice House is a street in Hong Kong
+* 2011.3 [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/d-release-naming Diablo] (Santa Clara, California): Diablo is a city in the bay area near Santa Clara
+* 2012.1 [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/e-release-naming Essex] (Boston, Massachusetts): Essex is a city near Boston
+* 2012.2 [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/f-release-naming Folsom] (San Francisco, California): Folsom is a city near San Francisco
+* 2013.1 [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/g-stands-for-grizzly Grizzly] (San Diego, California): Grizzly is an element of the state flag of California
+* 2013.2 [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/h-release-naming Havana] (Portland, Oregon): Havana is an unincorporated community in Oregon
+* 2014.1 [https://launchpad.net/~openstack/+poll/i-release-naming Icehouse] (Hong Kong): Ice House is a street in Hong Kong
+* 2014.2 Juno (Atlanta, Georgia): Juno is a locality in Georgia
+* 2015.1 Kilo (Paris, France): Paris (Sèvres, actually, but that's close enough) is home to the Kilogram, the only remaining SI unit tied to an artifact
+* 2015.2 Liberty (Vancouver, British Columbia): Liberty is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
+* 2016.1 Mitaka (Tokyo, Japan): Mitaka is a city located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
+* 2016.2 Newton (Austin, Texas): The "Newton House", located at 1013 E. Ninth St., Austin, TX, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
+* 2017.1 Ocata (Barcelona, Spain): Ocata is a beach about 20 minutes north of Barcelona by train
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 Only single words with a maximum of 10 characters are good candidates for a name. Bonus points for sounding cool.
-== "I" release cycle naming ==
+Prior to being put to a vote, name candidates will be listed on this wiki page. Community members are encouraged to raise concerns about any potentially highly controversial names at this time.
-The next OpenStack summit will happen in Hong Kong.
-That creates a pretty challenging naming problem, since there is no word starting with "i' in classic transliteration of Chinese words. So the Technical Committee was willing to bend the rules ''a little'' to extend the range of candidates... and we extended the rules to accept street names from the city where the summit is held.
-==== Candidates (streets in Hong-Kong) ====
-* '''Icehouse''' (Ice house street is a [http://goo.gl/maps/mQV1t street] in Hong-Kong. It's also a Miller beer and a rock band)
-* '''Ichang''' (Ichang street, 宜昌街, is a [http://goo.gl/maps/EivEw street] in Hong-Kong, one of the shortest streets in Tsim Sha Tsui. Yichang is also a city in Hubei, China. The British officials called the street Ichang because Hankow Road(漢口道) is next to today's Ichang street. Hankow(漢口) is a city in Hubei State(湖北省), China. Since the officials wanted to name the new street after a city near Hankow, and because the street itself is shorter than others, the officials picked Yichang and called the new street Ichang Street.)
-* '''Inverness''' (Inverness road, 延文禮士道, a quiet [http://goo.gl/maps/Q68aH street] nears Kowloon Walled City. a community of older mansions. A trade school called Arts and Technology Education Centre (藝術與科技教育中心) is also located there. Some of the most famous schools in HK are also near Inverness Road. Oh. Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity right across the road. Kowloon Walled Park is also around.)
-==== Rejected candidates ====
-Suggested too late:
-* Izi (Izi central, a place name in Hong Kong, that place is on Hong Kong island and close to where the summit will possibly be held)
-Cities/Counties in country/state where the design summit is held:
-* <strike>Ili (a famous autonomous prefecture in China)</strike> Unfortunately rejected after trademark checks
-* <strike>Innermongolia (Inner Mongolia is a region of China)</strike> Way too long, two words
-Other places in Hong-Kong:
-* Indihome (or "Indi".  The 39th-tallest building in Hong Kong. 樂悠居. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indi_Home)
-* Indigo (a [https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=742121349670521681&q=INDIGO&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en place]? shop? in central Hong Kong, and the name of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_snake snake]. This is the year of the snake.)
-* <strike>Inspiration (there is an Inspiration lake in Hong-Kong. But it's a cheesy artificial theme park)</strike> too long
-* <strike>Itbayat (there is an Itbayat island in South China sea relatively near Hong Kong)</strike> it's in Philippines
+After the vote, the names are vetted for legal entanglements. The top-most result without issues will be chosen as the release name.
-Other:
+=Historical Changes=
-* Incense ("Hong Kong" literally means "Fragrant Harbour", as local incense trees were responsible for turning HK into a thriving trading post since the 14th century)
+* The voting system changed over time:
-* Ipman (Ip Man, His legacy of popularizing Wing Chun 詠春 globally, respected figure in modern Chinese history, and also Bruce Lee's teacher, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yip_Man, but doesn't look so great once contracted to single word)
+** Prior to the J release, the popular vote was conducted using the basic Launchpad poll feature over the ~openstack group.
-* Independence (this is not a place per se, but if free and open source means free as in freedom, then independence is a logical destination)
+** For the J & K release, a public survey monkey poll was used
-* Icarus (Tenuous link for this cool name: mythical person with wings: flying in clouds (and beyond, but we won't talk about that)... and the most tenuous link to Hong Kong: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_%27to_kill_two_birds_with_one_stone%27)
-* Igneous (the most [http://hkss.cedd.gov.hk/hkss/eng/education/GS/eng/hkg/chapter6.htm dominant] rock type in Hong Kong, and it sounds cool.)
-* Imagine (name the release after the creativity of the people of China, and can be easily put to music with lyrics from John Lennon.)
-* Ieoh (named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._M._Pei I. M Pei] the architect of the 4th tallest building in Hong Kong)
-* Inferno (because both food and weather are ''hot'' in Hong Kong.)
-* Island (the origin and center of Hong Kong is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Island Hong Kong Island])

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