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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two</H1>
<B>Sam Bailey</B>
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<PRE>On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 17:39:08 -0600 (CST), Dale Huckeby
<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">spock at evansville.net</A>> wrote:
><i> On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Maarten Vanraes wrote:
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</I>>><i> the english language is pretty rich; and i suspect there are quite a few words
</I>>><i> that could convey the correct meaning without the word being too difficult.
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</I>>><i> otoh, there is also the fact that "free" or "core" don't really convey the
</I>>><i> correct meaning at all either and could be quite dubious.
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</I>>><i> patented would be more correct, but i don't wanna call it that, because then
</I>>><i> mageia would be sued by patent-lawyers all over the world. don't get me wrong,
</I>>><i> it wouldn't be illegal, but it would just be too timeconsuming...
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</I>>><i> imho, we should have a simple not too difficult word that somehow shows a bit
</I>>><i> about the nature of the contents in it, while still being vague enough.
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</I>><i> Okay, short words: iffy, chancy, dicey, knotty, clouded, foggy, hazy,
</I>><i> unclear, contro (for controversial),
</I>><i> prob (for problematic), equiv (for equivocal), irreg (for irregular).
</I>><i> I like iffy best. It's short, it's
</I>><i> informal, its meaning is clear, yet it's not too narrow.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Dale Huckeby
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Considering the other repo names to be used, we could always call this
one "other".
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