Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (227 mails)

[Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 2008-04-15 21:12, Michael Matz wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> > zypp implementing the yum way just leaves me speechless,
> > it is just WRONG.
> >
> > Why limit the priority value to 1..99?
> >
> > Why make it hard to figure out what's low and high?
> >
> > smart did it the right way, where a higher (greater) number means 
> > higher priority --- simple mnenomic.
>
> While I also would have preferred lower numbers for lower priorities 
> there's no wrong or right involved here.  Both directions make sense, and 
> it's a matter of taste what to prefer.

Right, and since people rather used smart than yum, it should
really be the former's way.

>  Remember e.g. that marks in school 
> also have low numbers for the "better" ones (in germany and some other 
> countries).

Not for the Higher Secondary Education (grade 11 and up) :-D
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