scope (was Re: [indiana-discuss] ZFS to the max)

[Alberto Ruiz]

2007/7/2, Shawn Walker <binarycrusader at gmail.com>:
>
>
> > Seperating package names and package file names is a ghastly solution
> > to the problem, if I want to manually download a package called
> > nvidia-drivers, I should be downloading a file called
> > nvidia-drivers.***, not NVDAgraphics.***.
>
> Why does that matter?


Principle of minimum surprise. If the name is self explanatory, you don't
need to figure out what's inside, and you lose less time. Maybe the nvidia
thing is not a good example, but just go through the output of pkginfo. The
point now is that you are not able to retreive individual packages for
Solaris Express or Solaris 10, so maybe Solaris users are not used to the
need of this "self explanatory" thing. At the same time, the version and the
architecture on the name are quite useful in lots of cases.

-- 
Un saludo,
Alberto Ruiz
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