On 20/06/07, Rebecca Walter <rwalter@suse.de> wrote:
It's even much simpler than that: "repository" is the only correct technical term. Period.
Rebecca, just have a look at how other Linux distributions have been calling those things since many years.
If you think this is a discussion, you misunderstood something. This is decided as part of the opensuse-style project that was announced months ago. Discussion is already closed on this item. Installation Source is the only term allowed in program texts so development might as well start fixing it.
As far as I was aware this was only announced on the opensuse-doc mailing list, without consulting those whom it affects. Could you summarise the reasons behind choosing installation source, which from my research is: - The least used term in SUSE application strings (behind catalogue, repository). So more work to start using it. - Not used by any other distributions other than SUSE, so confuses users coming from them. - Less favoured by those affected by the change. - Technically incorrect.
If you had an interest in terminology, you should have paid attention to the announcement.
Equally you could have announced it to the developers, not just the documentors, who have different goals. I think everyone agrees we need consistent nomenclature, but there is no need to get aggressive when people don't understand the reasoning behind the style guide. _ Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org