From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: List packages Status column terminology Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:53:45 +0100 Message-ID: <87mwivgfae.fsf@zigzag.favinet> References: <87bnzbi4ti.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389948637 22441 80.91.229.3 (17 Jan 2014 08:50:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 08:50:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Sivaram Neelakantan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 17 09:50:44 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 1W458V-0006iV-IU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:50:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36872 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W458V-0005iI-6h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:50:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44081) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W458D-0005i6-30 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:50:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W4585-0004qx-GX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:50:24 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp206.alice.it ([82.57.200.102]:13303) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W4585-0004qr-5b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:50:17 -0500 Original-Received: from zigzag.favinet (95.244.64.114) by smtp206.alice.it (8.6.060.28) id 529A678F09942B7E; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:50:15 +0100 Original-Received: from ttn by zigzag.favinet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W45Bn-0002V3-HO; Fri, 17 Jan 2014 09:54:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87bnzbi4ti.fsf@gmail.com> (Sivaram Neelakantan's message of "Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:26:57 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.102 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:168597 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable () Sivaram Neelakantan () Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:26:57 +0530 Why use the word 'available' instead of 'install'? Short answer: Mixing adjectives and verbs is inelegant. Too, verbs portend entropy. Long answer: Both "available" and "installed" are adjectives (of same length -- green-screen bonus!). Adjectives are suitable for describing things. The word "install" is a verb, i.e., names an action. Other actions might be "uninstall", "remove", "leave-be", "gripe", "recommend", "ponder", "examine", "reinstall", etc. To my eyes, the "etc" is most important; it implies a need for (detailed) documentation, and the feeping creature of hyperlinks. Whimsical answer: do be do be do, be do be do be! in my heart i knew that two requires three? =2D-=20 Thien-Thi Nguyen GPG key: 4C807502 (if you're human and you know it) read my lisp: (responsep (questions 'technical) (not (via 'mailing-list))) =3D> nil --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlLY750ACgkQZwMiJEyAdQLIawCgiHTl/MwHInXnsiFD2NzfE32Z 1qAAmwcI7FlF5rq26MMTsNLnCwpMlCNe =ZF+Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--