> On Thursday, December 1, 2016 3:20 PM, Xen <l...@xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> > Jarno Suni schreef op 01-12-2016 6:51: >> You have to be carefull with what to remove: >> >> sudo ppa-purge -s linux.dropbox.com ubuntu/ >> >> would remove dropbox, but >> >> sudo ppa-purge -s archive.ubuntu.com ubuntu/ >> >> might remove the whole ubuntu system! > > But now you are making it even more complex, because an average user is > not going to know the difference. I am not making it complex, it is complex. There are many servers for Ubuntu software (like you can see in Software & Updates, many of them does not have word ubuntu in its domain name. But hopefully user knows what he/she is removing, as he/she is probably the one who added the extra repositories in the system. > Now you can say that you didn't make it this way... but you are giving > these informations that are going to confuse people here as well as > everywhere if they read it. Don't shoot the messenger. I am telling people should pay attention. Though I have added simulation mode and recovery function in ppa-purge, so it should be safe to experiment. > If there is a problem, fix it, don't tell people to understand archaic > or difficult to know thought-forms ;-). I mean, demonstrate the proper > use case, don't feed into all the ones that are not proper. Don't give > attention to everything people should not use, please. I demonstrated a proper user case above. Removing dropbox. > Just placing this firmly in people's minds will increase the change that > they do the incorrect thing. Because you give attention to it. People > skim these mails and then subconsciously copy something they have read. Well, this is not a support channel for end users. This is about discussion of development for Ubuntu. > What we have called a Freudian slip of the tongue among other things: > don't feed people with the wrong stuff to do. > > Not even as a way to say: don't do that. > > You might have read the above statement and then in a moment of lacking > concentration, as happens to us all at times, you might type the wrong > line from memory. > > That's why I say: you're making it too complex. If this is documentation > > that you are doing right here, of sorts... then presenting the user with > 5 different forms, 2 of which are incorrect, so to speak, instead of > presenting the user with the one form that is correct, is not helpful. > > That's all I was saying mostly. Don't panic. Everything's fine ;-). > > But don't feed into chaos please. If the thing is chaotic, fine, but > don't present it into everyone's vision for no reason, so to speak. You > could even say: don't market the chaos. blah. > I could understand, or I can understand you would be concerned with the > state of the project or the changes you have made or the support you > have had or have not had. > > But I just feel that if you let it be in this sense, if you let it rest, > nothing much will go wrong, I've never heard anyone complain about > ppa-purge ;-). And it's a nice name. Does what it says right. It is not just for removing PPAs. Well, there are some bugs reporrted in Launchpad. I have tried to fix many of them in my work. > It's a catchy name, everyone is going to remember it. I agree it is a catchy name. > The other alternative .... you forget whether it is > "add-apt-repository" > or "apt-add-repository". I am always confused about that one. > > Why? "apt-get" and then "add-apt" do not mix. > > So I would even say the add-apt-repository command needs to be renamed > to apt-add-repository". I guess I won't see that happening. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
