I filed a bug for this:
9437 current multi-part name algorithm is goofy
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=9437
--chris
Chris Quenelle wrote:
> The translation rules for displaying package names in the
> packagemanager GUI seem a little
> counterintuitive in one particular aspect. Can someone explain the
> rationale to me?
> (Comment 11 here: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=7037)
>
> The rules state:
>
> FMRI: network/utility/pidgin
> PM: pidgin
>
> FMRI: network/pidgin
> PM: network/pidgin
>
> If the goal is to save space, the perhaps non-special names should be
> limited to showing
> the last two items? Or the first and last item? But it seems that
> 2-part names and N-part
> names should be treated more similarly.
>
> --chris
>
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