Op zondag 05 december 2010 20:49:55 schreef Hoyt Duff: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Maarten Vanraes > > <maarten.vanr...@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...