Fwd: [Bug 80135] New: Rename KNewStuff to something else

[Cornelius Schumacher]

On Sunday 25 April 2004 21:08, Frerich Raabe wrote:
> On Sunday 25 April 2004 21:11, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 April 2004 15:23, Fabrice Mous wrote:
> > > What about a string like "$Appname Update"
> > >
> > > This way you get strings like "KOrganizer Update" "KHangman
> > > Update"
> >
> > No, this gives the impression that this action updates the program.
> > That's not the case. It's about getting new data.
>
> I thought "to update" means "to bring something up to date" and AFAIK
> that might include extending the current software setup by adding new
> things to it. A "Microsoft Word Update" gives you new templates to
> choose from, a "KDE Update" makes new features accessible as well. I
> think "Update" does not necessarily mean "Only update existing stuff
> but don't install new things".

That's correct, but the KNewStuff class doesn't primarily update 
existing stuff. Calling it "Update" might give the wrong expression 
that it updates the program. You can't bring KOrganizer version 3.2 to 
KOrganizer 3.3 by using the "Get Hot New Stuff" menu item. If it would 
be called "KOrganizer Update" I would expect that it is able to do 
this. That's at least how I see the term "update" is used in the 
software world right now.

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Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher at kde.org>