On 06/13/2018 09:56 AM, Adam Williamson 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. How about: "The installed system must be able to install and remove packages, and apply updates to installed packages using the default console tool for the software involved. It must also support downloading packages for later manual or automated installation." Or did I miss the intent? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Let us think the unthinkable. Let us do the undoable. Let us - - prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may - - not eff it up after all. - - -- Douglas Adams - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to test-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/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/DBJNHMZUUSKMPJZN3FZETKYIVZXTP2W5/
