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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

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Andrew wrote:
>> Think of what a new user generally does: If he doesn't know what a 
>> grimoire is 
>> in the first place, he's prone to look it up. And when the document he's 
>> reading clearly states what grimoire names such as "earth" and "water" 
>> mean, 
>> it's a no-brainer.
> 
> Or he wont look it up at all. Which is probably more likely. Users have
> enough to figure out already...

I agree, it should be kept simple. I don't want to go read documentation
when I start farting with a linux distro. Simple things like cast,
dispel, sorcery, and gaze can be done in a quick blurb.

> 
>> To put it short, in my opinion "stable & test" and "earth & water" are 
>> equally 
>> informative, but the latter example is much more SMGL'ish. We should go 
>> for 
>> that.
> 
> I disagree. I have no idea what something named "earth" would refer to. I
> would have to find the page that explains it (I'd actually just move on
> to a distro a sensible naming scheme), or I'd look at the versions and
> try to figure it out from that.

I also disagree. "scribe add water" I'm getting the aqua grimoire! whee!

Not quite what I'm looking for. I want the stable grimoire, the stable
list of spells, not the water list of spells or the earthen list of
spells to cast.

> It only seems like it makes sense because we already know what it
> means. New users wont.

Agreed. I think we should not change those names.

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David Kowis

ISO Team Lead - www.sourcemage.org
Source Mage GNU/Linux

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to
find easier ways to do something.
  - Robert Heinlein

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
  - Arthur C. Clarke
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