Pascal Bleser wrote:
Klaus Kaempf wrote:
- Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka@suse.cz> [Jun 19. 2007 16:23]:
Those from my screen-shot are only on-line repositories :)
I'm afraid that YaST/ZMD/Libzypp/Whatever haven't decided which term we are going to use yet (I mean - our managers). The term 'repository' is used internally in order to stop the confusion esp. with source packages. Feedback from the community also indicates that 'repository' is a preferred term.
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.
I often have to translate "installation sources" as "repository" to new SUSE users (well at least people who have used other distros), sort of: A: add it to "installation sources" in yast B: to .. what ? A: "installation sources" = "repositories" B: ah, ok, repository
Really, it's "repository", and anything else is confusing.
I have to agree with Pascal here. Not only have other distros been using the term "repository" for years, but it is part of published standards. http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP1023.pdf "Note: Representing Available Software is different from representing a software repository, which would be modeled in a different way and specializes in showing the software that is available to all the systems that can access the repository. See the Software Repository Profile (DSP1032)." Unfortunately DSP1032 seems to not be published yet. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org