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RE: Suggestions
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:08:30 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: RE: Suggestions
- References: <NUTMEGt79xdTDrka4Zx000003df@NUTMEG.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
> > -----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"?
You missed one. Could be "Hide under rock", "Lag behind", "Plug and
pray", and "You feelin' lucky?".
> cheers,
> DaveK
>
> [*] I hope that's the opposite of obfuscated, but I don't know!
Shouldn't it be spelled with a "k" somewhere in it?..
Igor
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