[Python-Dev] Keyword meanings [was: Accept just PEP-0426] (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Dec 6 05:56:38 CET 2012

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com> wrote:

Makes sense. How about calling it Replacement. 0 or 1?

Hah, you'd think I'd have learned by now to finish reading a thread before replying. It will be nice to get this addressed along with the other changes :) (FWIW, Conflicts and Obsoletes are messy in RPM as well, and especially troublesome as soon as you start enabling multiple upstream repos from different providers. The metadata problem is handled by prebuilding indices when the repo changes, but that's still more work for the server, and more work for clients) Replacement (optional) ::::::::::::::::::::::

I like verb forms like Obsoleted-By or Replaced-By, as the noun form is ambiguous about the direction of the change. Since the field being replaced is Obsoletes, Obsoleted-By makes sense.

Although Replaced-By would be fine as well - it's certainly much easier to say than the mouthful that is Obsoleted-By.

Cheers, Nick.

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