On Thu 29 Jan 2015 09:37 +0100, Lukas Fleischer wrote: > Currently, we use the term "AUR" for both the collection of > user-supplied source packages and the software that helps with accessing > and modifying these packages which causes quite some misunderstandings. > Earlier, it was suggested to use "[unsupported]" for the collection of > packages and "AUR" for the software but I don't really like that > terminology (makes the source package repository look like a repository > of binary packages and calls the software "repository"). > > Here is what I suggest: Keep using the term "AUR" for the collection of > packages and rename the software to "aurweb" (borrowing from archweb). > > What would need to be changed: > > * The name of the aur.git repository would become aurweb.git. > > * Several references in the AUR(web) source code need to be fixed, the > header will still refer to the Arch User Repository. > > * Some uses of "AUR" in the Arch wiki need to be brought in line with > the new terminology.
Makes sense to rename the software itself to help differentiate. Traditionally, the AUR meant the community repo and [unsupported] together and that was reflected in the web interface. People could still comment and vote on community packages back then.
