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Re: Bill's patch for software selection + comps metadata
- From: Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>
- To: Discussion of Development and Customization of the Red Hat Linux Installer <anaconda-devel-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Bill's patch for software selection + comps metadata
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:19:23 -0400
Máirín Duffy (duffy fedoraproject org) said:
> - 'Installation Type' is maybe an odd term to use. We talked about using
> the term 'Environment' instead - that term is inclusive of all the
> desktop options and (no-desktop) minimal install that are in that
> selection box.
>
> - We use the term 'install class' a lot, so it might be better to pick a
> different term. Bill has used install class here to mean a desktop + the
> comps groups that are compatible with it = a base package set. Some
> alternatives Bill proposed (with some thesaurus help):
>
> selection
> collection
> combination
> compilation
> assembly
> mix
>
> My suggestion is to use "environment collection" (even though it's long)
> because I think collection is the most appropriate term (a group of
> sets, think Flickr 'collections' vs 'sets') but it's also important to
> use the term 'environment' in it so that someone looking at the comps
> knows that it relates to the 'environment' widget in the UI.
If it's 'Environment' in the UI, I'm fine with using that in the code too;
there's no reason to call it 'environment collection' - environment works
fine.
Bill
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