Hello,
on Montag, 16. April 2007, Tanja wrote:
> On Monday 16 April 2007 13:59 Christian Boltz wrote:
> > on Montag, 16. April 2007, Benji Weber wrote:
> > > Software Repository
> >
> > Or just "Repository" (which can easily be shortened to "repo" when
> > someone is too lazy to type ;-)
>
> I wouldn't agree here as "repository" (on its own, without any
> specification) is *very* generic - it could be anything (from a
> repository in a database context to whatever...)
OK, then use "Software Repository" as proposed, at least in the
(official) documentation.
You probably can't avoid that people shorten it to "Repository"
or "repo" on mailinglists - and the "warning" about this was more or
less the intention of my previous comment (yes, I should have written
it more directly).
Nevertheless, people will still understand what is meant, even if it is
only called "repository" on a mailinglist out of the context.
(You also don't think about the pet if someone writes about "cat" on a
linux-related mailinglist - and a "useless use of cat award" does not
mean that you should use a mousetrap instead ;-))
> > Another reason for this name is that the repomd format is used ;-)
> > and you have *.repo files and repodata/ directories on
> > software.opensuse.org.
>
> ok - but this argument for me sounds very developer-focused - why
> should we expect all users to know this??
You shouldn't - but for users who don't, it will be even more confusing
that they can add an "installation source" with a "*.repo" file...
Nobody expects that everybody knows that the format is called repomd -
but everybody will see the *.repo files sooner or later. So my comment
above should be shortened to make it less developer-focused:
Another reason for this name is that you have *.repo files and
repodata/ directories on software.opensuse.org.
;-)
Regards,
Christian Boltz
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