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Sun May 28 12:30:49 UTC 2006

Am Sonntag, den 28.05.2006, 13:49 +0200 schrieb Robin Sonefors:
> Would that mean that the word repository should simply be replaced by
> sofware source everywhere?

No, "software channel". 

> sön 2006-05-28 klockan 03:52 +0200 skrev Sebastian Heinlein - glatzor:
> > 
> > A repository is called software channel, e.g. Ubuntu Dapper "deb
> > http://ubuntu.com dapper". But I don't know why the term software
> > channel was chosen. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RepositoryDialogRedesign
> > 
> > The software channel consists of one or more components: main, universe,
> > restricted ...
> > 
> > The software is grouped in so called sections, eg. "x11", "gnome" or
> > "devel".
> > 
> > I tried to unify the used term as far as I could in the user interface
> > of gnome-app-install (also the manual), synaptic (a patch for the menu
> > missed the freeze) and software-properties.
> > 
> > Please report any errors.
> > 
> > Sebastian
> > 
> > 