[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Erin Wilkins erin at sea-dragon.net
Sat Dec 4 20:58:12 CET 2010


On December 4, 2010 10:06:37 Anssi Hannula wrote:
> 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.

Since the packages in that repository are there because they're (potentially) 
encumbered by patents, why not call it for what it is, "encumbered"?

--
Erin


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