You bring up a good point. I've forwarded this to docs-discuss to make sure the writing community sees this.
Terminology is the hardest part of a writer's job (user interface designers and other roles too). Philip Torchinsky wrote: > Hi, > > this is indirect question for this mailing list, but it is related to > advocacy: we need to use terms as correct as possible everywhere to > allow everybody understand us. > > There is a phrase in OS2008.05 Getting Started Guide (both in print > version and on the web site, see > http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/ggcph.html, 3rd paragraph): > "An image is a location where the packages, their files, and their > corresponding actions can be installed. An image acts as an IPS client, > which interacts with the package depot server." > > What is "image" here actually? How it does correspond with "boot > environment" term? The sentence means we can install packages, files and > actions to an image, right? How I can install an action? Shall we > specifically emphasize that the kernel is a package as well (and I can > easily update kernel with pkg image-update)? > > Philip > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss -- Diane Plampin Manager, Information Products Group - Information Program Management - man Pages - Solaris Install - OpenSolaris ph. 303-974-3290 (67793)
