[bug#54852] [PATCH] gnu: Add openjdk18.

[Maxime Devos]

Rostislav Svoboda schreef op wo 11-05-2022 om 17:37 [+0200]:
> > > ;; I'd prefer: [...
> > > (delete "openjdk16:jdk")
> > > (append `(("openjdk17:jdk" ,openjdk17 "jdk"))))
> > 
> > If/when
> 
> What do you mean by that???

It's a sentence construction that I occasionally find useful but I
imagine it can be confusing to someone not used to it.  (Rest of
explanation continued later).

> 
> > > About the labels issue: maybe "icedtea-8" could be changed to
> > > "icedtea", "openjdkN" to "openjdk" and "openjdkN:jdk" to
> > > "openjdk:jdk" at some point in the future, such that the package
> > > name
> > > matches the input label and the input alist can be changed to a
> > > package list.
> > 
> > is addressed, WDYT of (replace "openjdk" openjdk)?

Basically, the full sentence is ‘If/when SUBJECT is addressed, WDYT of
(replace "openjdk" openjdk)?’.  Here, SUBJECT is the complete next
quote:

> About the labels issue: maybe "icedtea-8" could be changed to
> "icedtea", "openjdkN" to "openjdk" and "openjdkN:jdk" to
> "openjdk:jdk" at some point in the future, such that the package name
> matches the input label and the input alist can be changed to a
> package list.

In linguistic terms, the subject of the sentence is the above
paragraph.  Using a full paragraph as subject isn't really feasible in
verbal speech, but textual communication is more flexible in this
aspect, albeit with the usual ‘only if both communication partners
understand each other’ caveat.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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