On Monday 16 April 2007 11:24 Rebecca Walter wrote: > On Monday 16 April 2007 11:16, jdd wrote: > > Rebecca Walter wrote: > > > We need to unify terminology for all the various types of sources from > > > which packages are installed (CDs, DVDs, network sources, etc.). So > > > before I start saying what I think and why, I'd like to know what the > > > community thinks. Please give me your reasoning for your preferred > > > terminology. > > > > > > I'd appreciate feedback by the end of the week so we can get the > > > discussion going and hopefully reach a decision soon. > > > > there should be a dictionnary or at least a wiki page with the > > prefered terms (I know there is already such things for Novell) > > > > this is also very usefull for translations > > It's in the style guide. All this is already available. What I need now is > to know what I should add for this situation. > > http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Opensuse-style > > In the past, we had consistently used installation source, but some things > happened that cost us that consistency. So now we need to make an informed > decision so we can encourage consistency again. >
IMHO, the term "installation sources" fits very well as does not explicitly name the actual medium the person installing his/her system may use (CDs/DVD/FTP tree or whatever) and OTOH the term is not too generic so that it could mean anything Tanja --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
