From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: List packages Status column terminology Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:57:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3c1a65d5-abf3-421f-a7e7-99ce68bb5b8f@default> References: <87bnzbi4ti.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389974301 10301 80.91.229.3 (17 Jan 2014 15:58:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:58:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier , Sivaram Neelakantan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 17 16:58:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W4BoP-0004nu-IS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:58:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38939 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W4BoP-0002ub-4U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56545) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W4BoD-0002tA-5s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:58:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W4Bo4-00070A-Ia for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:58:13 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:22124) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W4Bo4-000700-BU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:58:04 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s0HFw0KN032360 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:58:01 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s0HFw0YJ016125 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:58:00 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0008.oracle.com (abhmp0008.oracle.com [141.146.116.14]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0HFvx41016108; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:57:59 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:168628 Archived-At: > > Why use the word 'available' instead of 'install'? >=20 > Because the top of the columns say that it's about the "Status", and > saying that the "Status" of that package is "install" would make > no sense. >=20 > "available" is not a great choice, tho. The suggested "not installed" > might be a bit better, but it's longer and I'd rather try and shorten > this column. Any other idea? Are these field values _links_ that install and uninstall? If so, "install" and "uninstall" (and "action" instead of "status"). If not, why not? (Disclaimer: Have not been following this thread.)