Bug 465218

Summary:	software management: patterns/packages KDE4/KDE3 are mixed up
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.1	Reporter:	macias - <bluedzins>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
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Hardware:	x86-64
OS:	Other
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Description macias - 2009-01-11 19:35:36 UTC

software management: patterns/packages KDE4/KDE3 are mixed up

Just go to kde3 patterns -- you will find such packages as kde4-krdc, kde4-krfb, kde4-kdm.

Comment 1 Cyril Hrubis 2009-01-15 19:53:42 UTC

Please attach y2logs. If you are in doubt follow:

http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST

Thanks!

Comment 2 macias - 2009-01-15 21:31:25 UTC

Saving bugzilla space, link to y2logs:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=264801

Comment 3 Stephan Binner 2009-01-16 10:02:01 UTC

Patterns are intentionally defined as they are, no package management bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 450161 ***

Comment 4 macias - 2009-01-16 10:49:47 UTC

Stephan, no -- it is a bug.

One of basic principles of design -- do what you mean, mean what you do.

If you want to create pattern with movie playes, label it "movie players", if you want to create pattern with web browsers, label it "web browsers". If you put web browsers into "movie players" there is no excuse it was done intentionally.

User should not be surprised with awkward labeling -- label should describe precisely the content (in above example "movies players with web browsers").

So if you are about to put some mix of KDE3/KDE4 then please label it "KDE3+KDE4", that way it will be _informative_, instead of _misleading_.
This is called -- principle of least surprise.