From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean=2DNo=EBl?= AVILA Subject: Re: Git mascot Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:03:24 +0200 Message-ID: <2155743.WcZc0Jkzha@cayenne> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Christian Howe X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Apr 15 19:03:40 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ar79f-00071J-ET for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:03:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752894AbcDORDd convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:03:33 -0400 Received: from smtpfb1-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.9]:50469 "EHLO smtpfb1-g21.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752812AbcDORDc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:03:32 -0400 Received: from smtp1-g21.free.fr (smtp1-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.1]) by smtpfb1-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16C22CB87 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 19:03:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cayenne.localnet (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e35:2ef1:f910:86a6:c8ff:fe05:d3e0]) by smtp1-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9F80B004C8; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:56:01 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.4.0-1-amd64; KDE/4.14.14; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Le vendredi 15 avril 2016, 11:41:52 Christian Howe a =E9crit : > There has been talk of a git mascot a while back in 2005. Some people > mentioned a fish or a turtle. Since all the great open source project= s > like Linux or RethinkDB have a cute mascot, git definitely needs one > as well. A mascot gives people a recognizable persona towards which > they can direct their unbounded love for the project. It'd even be > good if a plush doll of this mascot could eventually be created for > people to physically express their love of git through cuddling and > hugging. No graphical skills at all, but... I would go for a granny who is knitting, making a great sock. Not sure,= this=20 would feel modern, but at least, she could tell us some stories from th= e=20 trenches... Cheers, JN