[mb-style] RFC: Add “Box” to release packaging list

Alex Mauer hawke at hawkesnest.net
Mon Jun 20 18:36:31 UTC 2011


On 06/20/2011 01:32 PM, Simon Reinhardt wrote:
> I'm against this as it's too general. Is it a wooden box?

It could be.

> A carboard box?

It could be.

It could also be made of tin, or gold, or leather.

I don’t see why it matters what it’s made out of.

> What dimensions does it have and what does it contain?

Well, dimensions will presumably vary depending on what it contains…

> Also it's often used to contain other packaging types - in those
> cases I'd rather use "Other" or the most specific standardised
> packaging that applies to all contained discs.

I’d rather use the package type which contains the release, since we
don’t have packaging types for individual discs.  Often, this is a box.

—Alex Mauer “hawke”




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