-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rebecca Walter wrote:
I'm sorry everyone but I have just been informed by management that we're to use catalog. So there is really no point making an effort to convince me of anything.
I would like to know who "management" is, on this topic.
Pretty much everyone agrees "repository" is the best term (*), it's the
term used on every Linux distribution since many years, and it's the
term that instantly makes sense for any experienced Linux user (even on
other distros).
(Rebecca, I'm not addressing this to you specifically, nor "attacking"
you by any means, even if your previous replies were anything but polite)
(*) Johannes: I really disagree on using what's the easiest for
unexperienced users in this case: to all of them, it is going to be a
new concept anyway. Unexperienced and/or Windows converts (ok, pleonasm)
are definitely not used to package management, dependencies,
repositories, etc..., so they will have to learn what it is anyway.
Never mind whether it's "repository", "installation source", "catalog",
it will be new to them.
On the other hand, for experienced users, using something else than
"repository" only sounds pathetic.
But let's get to the point of what's actually happening here.
It's not just that the "management" is disregarding the opinion of its
skilled technical employees -- I mean, we're all used to that,
everywhere, aren't we ? -- they are also disregarding the input of the
community... although, well, no one really asked us in the first place.
This may sound ridiculous and exaggerated to some (or many?) but it's a
question of attitude and will.
So... do they want to work with us or not?
Please give us a few names who those "management" persons are in order
to confront them with the reality of what they're currently doing, or
please pass the message to them.
Management or marketing (i.e. non-technical) people taking decisions on
technical matters ignoring the opinion of technical people is a terrible
thing to do (in any business, not just for Novell). They should be
enlightened that the consequences are anything but negligible, even if
they're going to say "ah cmooooon, it's just a word"... It isn't. It's
about whether our motivation, our input and our spare time spent on this
project is taken into account and useful at all.
Exaggerating ? possibly. It depends who that "management" is. Especially
if it's Novell (as in "not ex-SUSE").
Thanks for reading.
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-o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
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