[PATCHES] os-release: Populate VARIANT and VARIANT_ID values

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Fri May 8 13:49:53 UTC 2015


On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 09:39:59AM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> Well, this variable is meant for presentation, whereas the old
> version was only meant for parsing.
> 
> "Server Edition", "Workstation Edition", etc. is what the council
> settled on for how to address them. I figured that since we now had
> both representations here, I'd make this more verbose. I have no
> particular problem with striking the "Edition" component if people
> prefer that.

I have a minor preference for including it, but a strong preference for
getting the patch in either way. :) Since it is the presentation
string, if we decide to change it in the future, no harm done.


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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader


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