On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 09:43:37AM +0000, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 09:07:33AM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > "Karma: Is the update generally functional?" > > > > The word "karma" is adding no value here, it is mere word clutter > > and could be trivially removed. > > You describe the use of the word from the perspective of newcomers. > But I think this misses an important function of the term: it has a > very precise meaning for people who are permanent contributors. > If I say "the update had negative karma", everybody knows _exactly_ what > this means. Once we replace "karma" by an immediately-understood but > generic term, we'll need to clarify _those_ uses.
I doubt our Fedora contributors are going to find it difficult to understand this change, it'll be a short term blip at worst, quickly forgotten about. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
