[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Sun Dec 5 22:12:20 CET 2010

Op zondag 05 december 2010 20:49:55 schreef Hoyt Duff:
+> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Maarten Vanraes
+> 
+> <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+> >> 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
+> > 
+> > too difficult
+> 
+> I suppose that's why nobody liked "supernumerary". 8)
+> 
+> How about "segregated"? Oh, wait ...
+> 
+> The problem is that in all languages, words that mean "not part of the
+> group", "not one of us" or "not like us" all have negative
+> connotations for cultural reasons.
+> 
+> Perhaps we need an unrelated word that has meaning to Mageia, but
+> infers uniqueness without being pejorative.
+> 
+> I suggest calling it the "paris" repository, a place for unique and
+> useful applications that cannot be placed in any other repository for
+> whatever reason. Then perhaps any local repository of one-off packages
+> could always be labeled "paris-local" by default.
+
+after Paris Hilton? "a place for unique and useful applications that cannot be 
+placed in any other repository for whatever reason"
+
+sounds like a good comparison...
+