On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:56:07 -0700 Adam Williamson <adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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." _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/ABSNRELHF56AF2L52HRN4J6PZPMZC4R6/
