On Friday 24 November 2006 14:53, Adrian Schröter wrote: > Am Friday 24 November 2006 15:03 schrieb Eberhard Moenkeberg: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > > I've thought a bit about how to structure - and name - the directories > > > for openSUSE 10.2 and like to get your feedback and suggestions for > > > improvement. > > > > > > Goals > > > ===== > > > > > > My goals with the restructuring are: > > > * Clear naming - no misunderstandings > > > * Smaller repositories for faster metadata download > > > * structure should be usable for 10.3 Alphas und final again > > > > > > Separate trees > > > ============== > > > > > > We have several ftp trees (for 10.1: OSS and Non-OSS) and I propose to > > > make smaller repositories for faster download of metadata: > > > > > > * OSS (factory) > > > * NON-OSS (factory-extra) > > > * Debug (factory-debug) > > > * Sources for OSS > > > * Sources for NON-OSS > > > > > > Naming > > > ====== > > > * let's use "repository" instead of catalog, inst-source etc. > > > > > > FTP Structure > > > ============= > > > > > > ".../distribution/openSUSE-10.2" has the following subdirectories: > > > * isos > > > * repositories > > > > > > "isos" directory has the following subdirectories: > > > * dvd - the DVD5 > > > * deltas > > > * non-oss > > > * oss > > > * torrents > > > > > > "repositories" sdirectory has the following subdirectories: > > > * debug > > > * non-oss > > > * oss > > > * source-non-oss - just sources > > > * source-oss - just sources > > > > > > Does this make sense? Do you have better ideas? > > > > In general please find short names and don't use plural. > > F.e. "iso", not "isos", and "repo", not "repositories", "src", not > > sources", "delta", not "deltas", "torrent", not "torrents". > > The reason why we took "repositories" was to reuse existing names on the > ftp server (pub/opensuse/repositories) and to make it clear that you can > not use this directory directly. You have to go inside and pick one. > > > Maybe also one level higher - "dist" for "distribution". > > I would like to avoid a change here, it would cause too much pain for the > mirrors. (and I personally think longer names are better than short ones > for most users, who are not famillar with the structure). > > > And if cd and dvd images shall not reside within the same directory, the > > names "cd" and "dvd" would be better than "iso" and "dvd". > > good point
It seems wuite intuitive to me. I also prefer longer names, if they are easier to remember and much easier to get some sense out of them, which I think is the case here. Hugo Costelha --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
