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RE: Suggestions
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: "'yes I know that's only three but the analogy wouldn't stretch quite far enough'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:56:34 -0000
- Subject: RE: Suggestions
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: 06 December 2004 16:47
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Joshua Daniel Franklin
> > > Sent: 06 December 2004 14:58
> >
> > > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:22:14 -0600 (CST), Rodrigo de Salvo
> Braz wrote:
> > > > I would like to suggest that the words "Keep", "Prev",
> "Curr" and
> > > > "Exp" be changed in the Cygwin Setup. I believe they are too
> > > > abbreviated when there is room for clearer words. But, more
> > > > importantly, I believe that the choice of words "Keep"
> and "Curr" is
> > > > a bit confusing. "Keep" without saying what is being
> kept suggests
> > > > little and "Curr" may be interpreted as the version currently
> > > > installed in the computer (which is actually the
> meaning of "Keep"),
> > > > not the packages' currently released versions. Just a thought.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions for "clearer words"?
> >
> > How about "Keep", "Revert", "Stable" and "Unstable"?
>
> Hmm, since we have the space now, how about "What you have now", "What
> used to work according to the maintainer", "What should work
> according to
> the maintainer", and "Don't come crying to us if it formats your hard
> drive"? ;-)
That's too fuscated[*] for my liking. How about "Mean", "Meaner" and
"Meanest"?
cheers,
DaveK
[*] I hope that's the opposite of obfuscated, but I don't know!
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