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MCX Project Codenames
Software codenames are fun to refer to compared to numeral version numbers. In some cases, we decide a codename at the start of a new development cycle; sometimes, we decide the name at the time when we prepare for the public release. For every package, the codenames are decided based on a theme, for example, MMC codenames are mostly snacks names, and MCX codenames are mostly from physics terms. If you have a fun codename to suggest for our future releases, feel free to let us know. If we have more interesting codenames to choose from, we will do a vote.
1. MCX Codenames
MCX codenames are mostly terminologies from physics (except Ether Dome - which is a place). The first letter of each codename follows an alphabetic order.
| Version | Codename | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2.0 | Aurora | 12/19/2009 |
| 0.5.0 | Black-hole | 03/20/2011 |
| 0.8.0 | Charm Quarks | 09/22/2013 |
| 1.0.0 / v2018 | Dark Matter | 08/20/2018 |
| 1.4.8 / v2019.3 | Ether Dome - beta | 03/21/2019 |
| 1.4.9 / v2019.4 | Ether Dome - RC1 | 04/24/2019) |
| 1.5.0 / v2019.10 | Ether Dome - RC2 | (10/27/2019 - unannounced) |
| 1.8.0 / v2020 | Furious Fermion | 08/31/2020 |
| 1.9.7 / v2022.10 | Glossy Gluon | (10/08/2022 - announced to MCX'22 workshop trainees) |
| 2.0.0 / v2023 | Heroic Hadron | 09/28/2023 |
| 2.2.0 / v2024.2 | Interstellar Ion | 03/15/2024 |
2. MMC Codenames
MMC codenames were derived from the maintainer's favorite snacks. Many of them were made of two words, and the initials are not alphabetically sorted.
| Version | Codename | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2.0 | Cheese Cake | 08/30/2010 |
| 0.4.0 | Pecan Pie | 12/15/2010 |
| 0.8.0 | Snow Cone | 12/20/2011 |
| 0.9.5 | Wasabi Peas | 01/05/2014 |
| 1.0-beta / v2016.1 | Cotton Candy | 01/01/2016 |
| 1.0-RC1 / v2016.5 | Hot Cocoa | 06/11/2016 |
| 1.0-RC2 / v2017.3 | Haw Flakes | 04/02/2017 |
| 1.0-final / v2018 | Sachima | 08/20/2018 |
| 1.4.8-1 / v2019.3 | Pork Rinds - beta, update 1 | 03/21/2019 |
| 1.4.8-2 / v2019.4 | Pork Rinds - beta, update 2 | 04/24/2019 |
| 1.5.0 / v2019.10 | Pork Rinds | unannounced |
| 1.9 / v2020 | Moon Cake - beta | 08/31/2020 |
| 1.9.5 / v2022.10 | Moon Cake - RC1 | (10/08/2022 - announced to MCX'22 workshop trainees) |
| 2.0.0 / v2023 | Mochi | 09/28/2023 |
| 2.2.0 / v2024.2 | Nougat | 03/15/2024 |
3. MCX-CL Codenames
MCX-CL codenames follow the convention of MCX codenames - that is, the names are technology terms with the initial letter in alphabetic order. The first public release of MCX-CL (v2018) synchronized with the Dark-matter release of MCX, so it starts with a letter "D".
| Version | Codename | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8.0 / v2018 | Duality | 08/20/2018 |
| 0.9.0 / v2019.3 | Eternity - beta | 03/21/2019 |
| 0.9.8 / v2019.4 | Eternity - RC1 | 04/29/2019 |
| 0.9.9 / v2020 | Eternity | 08/31/2020 |
| 1.0.0 / v2023 | Fractal | 09/28/2023 |
| 1.2.0 / v2024.2 | Genesis | 03/15/2024 |
4. Fun fact
In case you haven't noticed, all official MCX package acronyms are Roman numerals, they can be decoded as
| Package Name | Decimal numbers |
|---|---|
| MCX | M + C + X = 1110 |
| MMC | M + M + C = 2100 |
| MCXCL | M + C + XC + L= 1240 |
| MMCL (OpenCL MMC-merged to mmc) | M + M + C + L = 2150 |
| MMCIII (mmc-trinity) | M + M + C + 3xI = 2103 |