[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Anssi Hannula anssi.hannula at iki.fi
Sat Dec 4 19:06:37 CET 2010


On 03.12.2010 11:45, Ahmad Samir wrote:
> On 2 December 2010 18:43, Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> wrote:
>> Le jeudi 02 décembre 2010 à 16:26 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
>>> 2010/12/2 Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula at iki.fi>:
>>>>
>>>> For the record, I'm not a big fan of "tainted" name (too negative), but
>>>> I can't think of anything better either, so... :)
>>>
>>> I agree, as "restricted" may be misleading former Mandriva users, why
>>> not "special" or "extra"?
>>>
>>> I know there is the name "extra" for some other branch but it may be
>>> easier to find another name for that one.
>>
>> That would be misleading to the content of the directory.
>>
>> What about "limited" ?
>> "restrained" ?
>> ( restrain, to deprive of liberty , seems like the perfect match )
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Scherer
>>
>>
> 
> limited and restrained don't sound right as they don't fully convey
> the purpose/filtering-rule for packages in that repo....

Indeed.

Wolfgang's "foggy" sounds nice, but I think I prefer "tainted" anyway.

-- 
Anssi Hannula


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