[Mageia-dev] Changing default media names

Mon Nov 21 01:51:40 CET 2011

Op maandag 21 november 2011 01:00:35 schreef nicolas vigier:
+[...]
+> I'm not judging anyone. Just saying that "Core Release Source" is as
+> meaningless as "SRPMS/core/release" for someone who doesn't know media
+> policy.
+
+oh, sorry, i seem to have misinterpreted it.
+
+well, that _is_ true. allthough i would argue that if people know media policy 
+(because they can find that on the wiki), it would be different, _IF_ they are 
+noobish enough not to really understand paths...
+
+(difference between acquiring information or acquiring a 'skill')
+
+[...]
+> > noone said anything about "multitple unique identifiers". be that as it
+> > may, from a user pov: if we have name + unique_id and GUI shows name, or
+> > we have name + description and GUI shows description is more or less the
+> > same if 1st name is similar to 2nd description.
+> > 
+> > in short, if rpmdrake shows a short description instead of where name is
+> > now and name is mentioned of lesser importance, i'm ok with this.
+> > 
+> > that would indeed make urpmi commands use path and rpmdrake still show
+> > (descriptive name/description)
+> > 
+> > if that's what you mean, maybe you should've been more clear on this.
+> > then i'm sure even Stormi agrees...
+> 
+> I don't understand what you're talking about ...
+
+ok, so much for clarity -_-' .
+
+in short: let rpmdrake show this short description (which looks more or less 
+like the current name, but clearer) where the current name is now and i'm ok 
+with this proposal.
+