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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two</H1>
<B>Maarten Vanraes</B>
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<I>Sun Dec 5 22:12:20 CET 2010</I>
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<PRE>Op zondag 05 december 2010 20:49:55 schreef Hoyt Duff:
><i> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Maarten Vanraes
</I>><i>
</I>><i> <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">maarten.vanraes at gmail.com</A>> wrote:
</I>><i> >> Since the packages in that repository are there because they're
</I>><i> >> (potentially) encumbered by patents, why not call it for what it is,
</I>><i> >> "encumbered"?
</I>><i> >>
</I>><i> >> --
</I>><i> >> Erin
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > too difficult
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I suppose that's why nobody liked "supernumerary". 8)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> How about "segregated"? Oh, wait ...
</I>><i>
</I>><i> The problem is that in all languages, words that mean "not part of the
</I>><i> group", "not one of us" or "not like us" all have negative
</I>><i> connotations for cultural reasons.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Perhaps we need an unrelated word that has meaning to Mageia, but
</I>><i> infers uniqueness without being pejorative.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I suggest calling it the "paris" repository, a place for unique and
</I>><i> useful applications that cannot be placed in any other repository for
</I>><i> whatever reason. Then perhaps any local repository of one-off packages
</I>><i> could always be labeled "paris-local" by default.
</I>
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...
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