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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Feature user-readable name

It is definitely not a stop ship and if of course coming a bit late for this release (It only came obvious when I failed finding what I was looking for). However if you happen to respin a build and you have a few names here and there that does not completely make sense, then you may want to fix it (For example the platform team is fixing a few ones).
<g>On the other you are right, it is just a little bit of user confusion added on top of our confused categories (like I had mentioned a year ago if not more), so what the heck. </g>
Of course there are always some translations that maybe out of sync but it may still be valuable for consumability purpose. In the end every team lead should wage the risk / reward and decide since it is a relatively trivial change.

Maybe in preparation for next year, this should be added to the release train "nice to have" section.

As for getting advise wrt to feature structure and dependency, we will make sure to communicate with teams on time.

PaScaL

Inactive hide details for David M Williams ---06/12/2008 03:50:06 PM---This is a good point. Thanks for calling our attention tDavid M Williams ---06/12/2008 03:50:06 PM---This is a good point. Thanks for calling our attention to it. But ... isn't it a bit late to be mak


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06/12/2008 03:50 PM

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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Feature user-readable name





This is a good point. Thanks for calling our attention to it.

But ... isn't it a bit late to be making this sort of change?
Or, are you just getting us started on the next release?

If you are advocating a change now, then I'll note that it does not seem to me to be of "stop ship" magnitude (after all, it's only "user confusion" :)
but more important, I suspect that there might be some adopters that have gone through some translations, which might include these feature names?
Also, it might make some screen captures incorrect, where they are used in documentation.

I'm not sure we have Ganymede rules, per se, about these specifics, but ... in general, the Ganymede UI Freeze date has long come and gone.

So, I just wanted to be explicit about these complications and extenuating factors ... not that I am telling other projects what to do or that they have to follow the rules :)

If on the other hand, you are just getting us started on the next release, then definitely welcome comment ... never too early ... I hope you'll be giving us lots of advice on how to create "features" that are meaningful!




From: Pascal Rapicault <Pascal_Rapicault@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 06/12/2008 02:40 PM
Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Feature user-readable name





To feature maintainers:

Since p2 now allows users to search features per name (see attached image), you may want to verify that the user readable name given to your feature allows for its easy discovery. What I have seen working is the presence of your project acronym (e.g. GEF), or some typical keywords describing your domain (e.g. Ruby, Web, etc.)).

What is particularly bad is when the acronym ends up revealing something that is not what you want. For example, typing GMF has the unfortunate result of revealing the "Third party components for GMF" instead of revealing the real thing to install which may cause the user some confusion.

PaScaL


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