On Wed, 2018-06-13 at 12:56 -0700, stan wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:56:07 -0700 > Adam Williamson <adamw...@fedoraproject.org> 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 software with the default console tool > > > > for the relevant software type (e.g. default console package > > > > manager). This includes downloading of packages to be > > > > installed/updated." > > > > > > +1 in theory. The wording is a bit awkward, though -- it sounds like > > > "updates" are things we must be able to install, remove, and install > > > again. Why not just: > > > > > > "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 be installed/updated." > > > > We already have a thread about exactly this wording problem. :P The > > reason I didn't go for that wording is that it loses the 'appropriate' > > concept, which is important and was specifically included. It appears > > that people are having trouble parsing the intended sense of the > > wording I chose - there are three actions, "install", "remove" and > > "install appropriate updates for", all of which affect "software" - so > > I'm trying to think of another way to put it. > > Maybe: > > "The installed system must be able to install software, remove software, > and install appropriate software updates with the default console tool > for the relevant software type (e.g. default console package manager). > This includes downloading of packages to be installed/updated."
I like that! Let's go with it. Thanks. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E435A6UTLRJMW2AYYZ3RZCKD422WBQCL/
