On Tuesday 24 April 2007 04:28, Rebecca Walter wrote:
Ok, but 'repository' is certainly the dominant term in GNU/Linux; people from other distributions (i.e. openSUSE) still call it a repository regardless of whether YaST calls it an Installation Source.
I know this was already mentioned but the only problem in my mind is the inconsistency around all of openSUSE; even for 10.3 alone we're looking at 'Repository' for the Build Service, 'Installation Source' for YaST, and 'Service' for Zypper. To be honest repository or installation source would both probably be ok if there was consistency around, but we really don't have that.
The goal of all this is consistency--to create guidelines that will encourage consistency. How well it works depends on how well the community and the internal company support this. I can say that at least the manuals will comply because the documentation team has already shown their willingness to comply with guidelines. Beyond that, it depends on the developer and, for internal stuff, management.
All I can do is make the best decision I can, stick to it, and encourage compliance.
I agree with Francis. Have you thought to recommend both terms as alternatives. Synonyms are usefull to make writing easier. In my perception, confusion came in with zenworks, that introduced couple of new words for objects that we already knew under different names. Some people tried to comply with new terminology, most ignored it. That produced confusion and attempts to resolve problems that resulted in even more new words appearing. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help@opensuse.org