"Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <cate@debian.org> writes:
OTOH, the 'Release' file uses the dak terminology, and the name is
encoded on some tools. The most visible is apt: apt_preferences(5) for
pining use the term "Component".
Because is not a urgent topic, and (IMO) there are some other
terminology problems about archive terminology, I thinks we should wait
and find a good terminology for all terms, and having some agreement on
transition plan (dak, apt, debian reference,....)
BTW, I think a good starting point is to "standardize" the terms
in the Release file, after this, the solution of term problem
should be trivial.
I tried to cover this in my initial message, but I think it's reasonable
for us to use different terminology than dak uses. dak is talking about a
capability of the archive software, whereas we're talking about a split of
the archive that has more project significance (such as for licensing).
If it helps, I think of it this way: distribution areas are a Debian
Policy requirement, which are implemented using dak's component
capability.
Component doesn't really feel like the right term in Policy given that we
use a different term in the Social Contract.
But it's possible that I'm being too picky. I'm not sure.