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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 03/10] glep-0072: Rename bad depgraph state to 'degraded'
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 05:38:17
Message-Id: 1b7eb77d03b588b7160d7434ecadb2862b3f7eac.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 03/10] glep-0072: Rename bad depgraph state to 'degraded' by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Fri, 2020-04-10 at 12:19 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2 > > > > > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020, Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > In Gentoo terms, 'testing' and 'unstable' are mostly synonymous,
4 > > so using the two names for different purposes is confusing. Use
5 > > 'degraded' instead.
6 >
7 > "Degraded" has a negative ring to it
8
9 Isn't that the truth, though? I dare say it's a negative situation if
10 stable depgraph is broken.
11
12 > , so can you find another term?
13 > How about "lenient" or "relaxed"?
14
15 Thinking about it, all these terms seem too generic. Would be nice to
16 find one that clearly suggests it's between testing and stable, and not
17 'lenient' in ~arch. How about 'transitional' or 'incomplete-stable'?
18
19 --
20 Best regards,
21 Michał Górny

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