Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 17:45, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>> huug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 
>> > On 2003-05-28, Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > - let medias be reorderable in the medias editor (drag and drop the
>> > 
>> > Singularis of "media" is "medium".
>> 
>> Yes I know but urpmi has chosen long ago to use "media" and
>> "medias". I've discussed this with other ppl and decided to do
>> the same.
> 
> Tough. It should change. Incorrect usage of language leads to confusion,
> the fact that it is longstanding makes no difference to the problem. If
> urpmi is broken, the correct course is to fix urpmi, not break
> everything else in order to be consistent; this applies to language just
> as much as it would to a programming error.

To paraphrase:  Two wrongs don't make a right.


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