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RE: Suggestions
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Dave Korn <dk at artimi dot com>
- Cc: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:47:27 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: RE: Suggestions
- References: <NUTMEGEdyt3cew8k69R000003cf@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: 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"? ;-)
Igor
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