Re: main, contrib and non-free - category or section?
On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:09:41 +0900
Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote:
> > > In Debian Policy, main, contrib and non-free are explained as "categories".
> > > See http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-sections and
> > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-subsections
> > >
> > > But Developers Reference, they are called as "Sections"
> > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s-archive-sections
> >
> > ... and in dak, they are called components.
>
> and thus your local copy of "Release" file in
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_<distribution>_Release
> too uses it too.
>
> Thus next version of Debian Refeence uses "component".
> http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#debianarchivebasics
> http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch03.en.html#authenticityofthepackage
>
> Also it is called "areas" in "Debian Social Contract"
Okay...
- categories (Policy)
- sections (Developers Reference)
- components (dak and Debian Reference)
- areas (Social Contract)
Which one should we use? :-)
> This was discussed here before.
Which thread? please tell me.
Thanks.
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Regards,
Hideki Yamane henrich @ debian.or.jp/iijmio-mail.jp
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