Rebecca Walter <rwalter@suse.de> writes:
Isn't it confused with a Subversion/CVS repository? I am not sure if there is already this connotation.
Not that I know of.
This is the first thing I think of when someone says repository to me.
Each of us has a different background :-). Subversion did not introduce it. Have a look at wikipedia, they define: A repository is a central place where data is stored and maintained. A repository can be a place where multiple databases or files are located for distribution over a network, or a repository can be a location that is directly accessible to the user without having to travel across a network. So, this applies both to development trees stored as repositories as well as to these RPM places.
IMO currently there's "Installation Source" used by YaST and there's "Software Repository" used by other package managers. Introducing something new might be even more confusing,
It might, but it might be a better way to go. We also have "catalog" introduced in our own software at one point. I don't think we should close this discussion to new suggestions either.
I doubt that something completely new will really help - but let's see...
Realistically, we aren't going to make everyone happy. We just have to find something that we thinks works with a strong reasoning on which to base this decision then BE CONSISTENT. The very worst thing is the state we have now: our own software doesn't agree with itself.
Which is also a result of introducing different technologies which had already existing usages: they were consistent, we were consistent and bringing them together we're not anymore consistent ;-) Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126