Adam Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 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.

Though I agree, I remain skeptical as to why it has never been
mentioned for urpmi which has the error for more than 3 years
now.

-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

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