buffalo/MunkiFace — Issue #10: MunkiFace should show both name and display_name
Author: gregneagle
Created: 2012-02-23 21:41:05+00:00
State: open

display_name is the name displayed to the end user, and so it should be a nice, user friendly name.

But the name field is far more important to Munki admins, as it is this name that goes in "requires" and "update_for" fields in pkginfo, and in manifest files (managed_installs, etc). But the name is displayed nowhere in MunkiFace. The General tab displays only the display_name, and the package list displays the display_name if it is available, falling back to the name only if there is no display_name. So the admin can't trust that name, either.

I'd like to see the name and version displayed on EVERY tab of the pkginfo GUI.

I'd argue that the name should be what is shown in the package list, and _never_ the display name there.

The name is the single most important field for a pkginfo item.