On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > True. It isn't immediately clear to me if that is a bad thing though. Well that's the underlying question what is the summary really meant to convey. Is it meant to differentiate? or is it meant to aggregate? At duplicate summaries just trying to be more fine-grained "groups." At some point however, people have to be shown the choice among peers for any functionality. If the summary doesn't attempt to differentiate at all, then you'll have to expose differentiation at yet another level of detail...so people can comparison shop. Is the package name enough of a differentiator? Grocery store analogy time. I have a terrible headache and I'm on vacation in Hungary for the first time and I go to the store looking for a society approved mind altering chemical substance to relieve my distress. I walk into the store see a clerk and what do I ask them? Do I ask them details or do I ask them "where is the headache medicine." Once I get to the Aisle where the first-aid stuff collectively sits I see 14 different brands of medicine, none of which I've heard of before because I'm in a foreign territory. I might see a brandname I know, but I've never before associated that brand with headache pills. "Uncle Ben's" branded extra strength gel-caps really doesn't call to me. So which one do I pick? Do I really care? Are they all just equally usable variants of "headache medicine" to me? If I do care, like I have a specific allergic reaction that I need to avoid... I'd have to pick up the bottle and try to read the details...in Hungarian...which will ultimately result in my death because I will make the wrong choice unless I happen to have a translator who can help me read the fine print. PackageKit is the store the Package groups are the Aisle The package name is the brand of headache medince The package description is the fine print on the bottle What's the summary? -jef -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
