Hi all, First I'm not really sure this is the right place to ask this question, but it's a question related to documentation conventions concerning Debian.
To get an answer to question, I tried the IRC channel #debian (freenode.net). The following is the discussion which happened there (I'm Durk): <Durk> Hi people, I'm getting a bit confused by the naming of things in the Debian archive structure. I'm wondering if there is a official name for "main", "contrib", "non-free". The Debian Policy Manual calls these things "sections", but the man page of "sources.list" calls them components. Not to mention the different speak of people. Or.. isn't there just a official name? <jm_> durnew -- they have been called section since I can remember <Durk> jm_: how much official is it? Isn't there a naming convention? <cafuego> Durk: We pretty much all bide by whatever jm_ decides. <jm_> Durk -- well I'm just a long term Debian user, it has always been called section in my book <Durk> jm_: then it's pretty strange people call it component in man pages.. But I should call it "section" to avoid misunderstanding? <jm_> Durk -- well I think more people will know what a section is as opposed to a component <Durk> jm_: yeah, of course, by the meaning of the word... <Durk> jm_: okay, so I may conclude that there is no officiallity in naming of the objects "main", "contrib", etc. <jm_> Durk -- ask on the mailing list to be sure ;) <Durk> jm_: okay I will. Thanks sofar :-) Additional, it seems that the word "component" is also used in the Release files which remain in the Debian archives. Hope you can help. :-) Durk
