[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

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
+