RFC: Host/Service Display Name

[James Turnbull]

>> On a somewhat related note:
>> Any chance "Alias" can be renamed to "Description" (or "Desc")?
>> For me, at least, getting Infrastructure to submit enough information
>> to make a valid host entry is a hassle, as the "Alias" concept
>> consistently eludes them.
>>
>>     
>
> I suppose it could be.  Although its probably fun hassling the 
> infrastructure folks every once in a while to make sure they do 
> things right.
>
>   
I'd also like this change - it'd be nice if the 'alias' directive was 
renamed so that each object type with an alias/description was named 
separately - i.e. hostgroup_alias or hostgroup_description etc etc.

Though I guess the only thing to watch is to make sure people don't 
confuse it with service descriptions that are mandatory to make the 
service unique.

Regards

James Turnbull

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