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Currently it links to Natural language which is the neuropsych/linguistics term that basically just refers to human languages. That's a relatively niche article and it should probably link to either Language, or Internationalization and localization, or to nothing at all. Alpyne ( talk) 05:56, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
The description on this page notes that this parameter is to be used for ways in which the operating system can be updated. Looking at the use of the parameter on different desktop/server OS pages it seems to be used to describe the release methodology, rather than the update methods. By definition this parameter overlaps a bit with the "package manager" parameter in the Linux ecosystem.
I think it may be a good idea to add a "release method" [RM] parameter for noting how the OS is released, separate from the methods in which to update it. For example, RM would cover concepts like Long term support, Rolling release, Continuous Delivery, major/minor releases, etc.
If a new method is undesired, then a clarification of how the Update Method parameter is intended to be used would be appreciated. OmenosDev ( talk) 15:56, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Infobox OS template. |
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Archives: 1, 2Auto-archiving period: 90 days |
Software: Computing Template‑class | ||||||||||
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Currently it links to Natural language which is the neuropsych/linguistics term that basically just refers to human languages. That's a relatively niche article and it should probably link to either Language, or Internationalization and localization, or to nothing at all. Alpyne ( talk) 05:56, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
The description on this page notes that this parameter is to be used for ways in which the operating system can be updated. Looking at the use of the parameter on different desktop/server OS pages it seems to be used to describe the release methodology, rather than the update methods. By definition this parameter overlaps a bit with the "package manager" parameter in the Linux ecosystem.
I think it may be a good idea to add a "release method" [RM] parameter for noting how the OS is released, separate from the methods in which to update it. For example, RM would cover concepts like Long term support, Rolling release, Continuous Delivery, major/minor releases, etc.
If a new method is undesired, then a clarification of how the Update Method parameter is intended to be used would be appreciated. OmenosDev ( talk) 15:56, 16 July 2023 (UTC)