[FORGED] Re: Using Fedup

[Rolf Turner]

On 20/06/15 04:03, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-06-19 at 22:59 +0930, Tim wrote:
>> Mickey:
>>>> fedup: error: argument --product: invalid choice: 'non-product'
>>>> (choose
>>>> from 'server', 'cloud', 'workstation', 'nonproduct')
>>
>> Patrick O'Callaghan:
>>> Seriously?
>>
>> Can someone explain what product=nonproduct actually means?  I've
>> looked
>> at <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp>, but it makes as much sense
>> as
>> sale=nosale, to me.
>
> It appears to be a runic incantation with no inherent semantics,
> however my point was that the OP should try actually reading the error
> message he posted. And maybe the fedup manual.
>
> poc

I kind of surmised that that might be your point, but it was very hard 
to tell.  There seems to be an overwhelming penchant on this list for 
being mind-bogglingly cryptic, which is very counter-productive and very 
annoying.  If you (anyone!) have something to say, say it clearly and 
completely.  Take half a minute or so to think about how to express 
yourself so that what you say is comprehensible to the human mind, which 
is what most of us are equipped with.

> One should not aim at being possible to understand, but at
> being impossible to misunderstand.
>
>         --- Quintilian

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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