Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Naming of repositories: gento-x86 edition, bike shedding wanted
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 22:42:39
Message-Id: CAATnKFDOpJjsBYGLnCi_6AKpNuTuWWd4nwc936KxFFT5G93zmw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Naming of repositories: gento-x86 edition, bike shedding wanted by Rich Freeman
1 On 15 March 2015 at 11:37, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
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3 > Suggestions:
4 > gentoo-repo
5 > gentoo-repository
6 > gentoo-main
7 > gentoo-repo-main
8 > gentoo-repository-main
9 >
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11 Similarly in the "solve confusion as to purpose" for newbies:
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13 gentoo-packages
14 gentoo-ebuilds
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17 The names would be possibly be incorrect under some interpretations, but
18 they'd be clearer to newbies what its for.
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20 You could consider a repository to be "A collection of packages", and all
21 files that are not packages to be metadata.
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23 --
24 Kent
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26 *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL