Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-26 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 12:51 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 08:49 +0200, drago01 wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Adam Williamson > > > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-18 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 08:49 +0200, drago01 wrote: > On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Adam Williamson > > wrote: > > > On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > I instinctively like the non-split form here because, to

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-18 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 14:56 +, Jeff Johnson wrote: > There is also historical precedent in open source software for using > the terms "recommended" and "suggested" rather than "appropriate". Those have specific meanings in RPM terms which are not at all what the release criterion is about. It

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-18 Thread Jeff Johnson
There is also historical precedent in open source software for using the terms "recommended" and "suggested" rather than "appropriate". Installing/upgrading licensed software is never appropriate. ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-18 Thread drago01
On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Adam Williamson > wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > >> I instinctively like the non-split form here because, to me, it > >> emphasizes more clearly that "appropriately"

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Chris Murphy
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: >> I instinctively like the non-split form here because, to me, it >> emphasizes more clearly that "appropriately" applies to all three >> actions. > > To be clearer here, consider

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 14:48 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > I instinctively like the non-split form here because, to me, it > emphasizes more clearly that "appropriately" applies to all three > actions. To be clearer here, consider these options: "...to appropriately install, remove and

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 15:09 -0600, Nathanael D. Noblet wrote: > On Mon, 2018-07-16 at 17:32 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > Basic: > > > > "The installed system must be able appropriately to install, remove, > > and update software with the default console tool for the relevant > >

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Nathanael D. Noblet
On Mon, 2018-07-16 at 17:32 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > Basic: > > "The installed system must be able appropriately to install, remove, > and update software with the default console tool for the relevant > software type (e.g. default console package manager). This includes > downloading

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Chris Murphy
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 16:39 +, Jeff Johnson wrote: >> Try "expected" rather than "appropriately" > > I think I prefer "appropriately". "Expected" only begs the question > "what does that mean?" even more: expected by whom? (It also

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 16:39 +, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Try "expected" rather than "appropriately" I think I prefer "appropriately". "Expected" only begs the question "what does that mean?" even more: expected by whom? (It also doesn't fit into the current grammatical structure of the draft,

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Jeff Johnson
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Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-17 Thread Alexander Bokovoy
On ma, 16 heinä 2018, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2018-06-14 at 17:31 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: On Thu, 2018-06-14 at 19:25 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 03:47:25PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > There's a footnote explaining that already: > > Ah, that clears

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-07-16 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2018-06-14 at 17:31 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Thu, 2018-06-14 at 19:25 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 03:47:25PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > There's a footnote explaining that already: > > > > Ah, that clears it up. Thanks :) > > > > > as

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-14 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2018-06-14 at 19:25 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 03:47:25PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > There's a footnote explaining that already: > > Ah, that clears it up. Thanks :) > > > as explained there, we actually *specifically* added this wording > > because

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-14 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 03:47:25PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > There's a footnote explaining that already: Ah, that clears it up. Thanks :) > as explained there, we actually *specifically* added this wording > because there was a bug with packages from modules being selected as > updates

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-14 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2018-06-14 at 11:48 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 09:56:07AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and update > > > software with the default console tool for the relevant software type > > > (e.g. default

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-14 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 09:56:07AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and update > > software with the default console tool for the relevant software type > > (e.g. default console package manager). This includes downloading of > > packages to

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-13 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2018-06-13 at 12:56 -0700, stan wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:56:07 -0700 > Adam Williamson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 21:51 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:35:21AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > "The installed system must be able to

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-13 Thread stan
On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:56:07 -0700 Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 21:51 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:35:21AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and install > > > appropriate updates for

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-13 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 21:51 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:35:21AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and install > > appropriate updates for software with the default console tool for the > > relevant software type

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-12 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:35:21AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and install > appropriate updates for software with the default console tool for the > relevant software type (e.g. default console package manager). This > includes

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-12 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 22:02 +, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:03:51PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 20:55 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > > > On 12.6.2018 20:35, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > "The installed system must be able to

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-12 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:03:51PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 20:55 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > > On 12.6.2018 20:35, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and install > > > > Install, remove and update? > > That would be

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-12 Thread Adam Williamson
On Tue, 2018-06-12 at 20:55 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 12.6.2018 20:35, Adam Williamson wrote: > > "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and install > > Install, remove and update? That would be simpler but unfortunately loses the "appropriate" wording, which is important.

Re: Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-12 Thread Miro Hrončok
On 12.6.2018 20:35, Adam Williamson wrote: "The installed system must be able to install, remove, and install Install, remove and update? -- Miro Hrončok -- Phone: +420777974800 IRC: mhroncok ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org

Release criteria proposal: installing / removing software

2018-06-12 Thread Adam Williamson
Hi, folks! It's been noted a few times before that we have a release criterion that requires *updating* packages (or, these days, 'software', to cover things like modules) to work...but we don't have criteria covering other basic software management tasks, notably installing and removing. There