----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor"
Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin.applications
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: Regrouping on "installation profile" idea
So, do we have a list of potential ways to label these "profiles"? I
personally think that the term "profile" isn't intuitive enough. I think
that something like either "installation type" or just "installation"
might be clearer.
I may be just a user, and even one who had *very* little trouble learning to
use setup, but I would say either
INSTALLATION-TYPE
or
TASKS
I'm a Debian user, and must note that Debian uses the word task for a
similar concept.
Should you be careful with the naming of the meta-packages TASKS may be the
clearest.
Examples:
* C/C++ Development
* Gaming :-)
* Java Development
* Latex Development
* Perl Development
* SSH Server
* Web Server
* X Windows
Has anyone been collecting the list of names that have been proposed?
Using '.', '-' and all caps:
Main Candidates:
INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION-PROFILES
INSTALLATION-TYPE
PROFILES
TASKS
These ones don't seem great:
DEFAULT-PROFILES
USER-PROFILES
FUNCTIONAL-[GROUPS|PROFILES]
USEFUL-[GROUPS|PROFILES]
PRESELECTED-[GROUPS|PROFILES|PACKAGES]
cgf