Rebecca Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Isn't it confused with a Subversion/CVS repository? I am not sure if >> > there is already this connotation. >> >> Not that I know of. > > This is the first thing I think of when someone says repository to me.
Each of us has a different background :-). Subversion did not introduce it. Have a look at wikipedia, they define: A repository is a central place where data is stored and maintained. A repository can be a place where multiple databases or files are located for distribution over a network, or a repository can be a location that is directly accessible to the user without having to travel across a network. So, this applies both to development trees stored as repositories as well as to these RPM places. >> IMO currently there's "Installation Source" used by YaST and there's >> "Software Repository" used by other package managers. Introducing >> something new might be even more confusing, > > It might, but it might be a better way to go. We also have "catalog" > introduced in our own software at one point. I don't think we should close > this discussion to new suggestions either. I doubt that something completely new will really help - but let's see... > Realistically, we aren't going to make everyone happy. We just have to find > something that we thinks works with a strong reasoning on which to base this > decision then BE CONSISTENT. The very worst thing is the state we have now: > our own software doesn't agree with itself. Which is also a result of introducing different technologies which had already existing usages: they were consistent, we were consistent and bringing them together we're not anymore consistent ;-) Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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