Re: package count

seth vidal <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.rpm.metadata
Message-ID <1086618739.8876.2.camel@opus>
>   Hum, I'm lost now ... no big deal. My point is just that this
> count attribute should be described as a simple indication to the
> software reading the metadata, it may not be accurate, but would still
> fullfill its original goal.

My comment was meant in jest. All I was saying was that I thought the
somewhat subtle distinction b/t normative and indicative was a good one
to make and quite funny b/c for some people it will be so subtle of a
distinction that they might not understand it at all.

It was a compliment to you for taking note of the narrow distinction and
your command of english to be able to articulate it well.

-sv
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