[Libosinfo] [osinfo-db PATCH 2/7] ubuntu: Include <codename> in <name>

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 04:45:21PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 05:24:28PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> > Ubuntu releases are often referred to by their codename, so
> > it makes sense to include it when displaying information to
> > the user.
> 
> IME people talking about Ubuntu rarely mention the second word
> in the codename, so I think we could just include the first
> word for brevity here.
> 
> Alternatively we could just make a recommendation that apps
> displaying OS names, should append the codename in their
> display instead of forcing this on them by encoding it in
> the database ?

I meant to also say the "Name" field was/is intended to match the
product name that the vendor primarily uses when referring to that
release. The formal name tends to just have the version number and
not the codename.

Ubuntu is probably the exception to the rule, with them often using
the codename as shorthand, but other distros don't commonly do that.

If we want consistency, I think we should not include the codename,
and let apps print it themselves. If we include the codename
for some OS, but not others, then it will lead to duplication if
apps append the codename themselves.

Regards,
Daniel
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