[aur-dev] Renaming the AUR
Hi, Currently, we use the term "AUR" for both the collection of user-supplied source packages and the software that helps with accessing and modifying these packages which causes quite some misunderstandings. Earlier, it was suggested to use "[unsupported]" for the collection of packages and "AUR" for the software but I don't really like that terminology (makes the source package repository look like a repository of binary packages and calls the software "repository"). Here is what I suggest: Keep using the term "AUR" for the collection of packages and rename the software to "aurweb" (borrowing from archweb). What would need to be changed: * The name of the aur.git repository would become aurweb.git. * Several references in the AUR(web) source code need to be fixed, the header will still refer to the Arch User Repository. * Some uses of "AUR" in the Arch wiki need to be brought in line with the new terminology. Any other suggestions for a name? Is there anything I missed? I already changed the name of the AUR project to "AUR web interface" on Flyspray. Maybe that helps with reducing the number of AUR package bug reports in the tracker. Regards, Lukas
On Thu 29 Jan 2015 09:37 +0100, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
Currently, we use the term "AUR" for both the collection of user-supplied source packages and the software that helps with accessing and modifying these packages which causes quite some misunderstandings. Earlier, it was suggested to use "[unsupported]" for the collection of packages and "AUR" for the software but I don't really like that terminology (makes the source package repository look like a repository of binary packages and calls the software "repository").
Here is what I suggest: Keep using the term "AUR" for the collection of packages and rename the software to "aurweb" (borrowing from archweb).
What would need to be changed:
* The name of the aur.git repository would become aurweb.git.
* Several references in the AUR(web) source code need to be fixed, the header will still refer to the Arch User Repository.
* Some uses of "AUR" in the Arch wiki need to be brought in line with the new terminology.
Makes sense to rename the software itself to help differentiate. Traditionally, the AUR meant the community repo and [unsupported] together and that was reflected in the web interface. People could still comment and vote on community packages back then.
Personally, I wasn't aware that bug reports were made for AUR Packages on Flyspray, but then again, I don't hang out there. -- Four word witty remark
On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 at 09:37:56, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
[...] What would need to be changed:
* The name of the aur.git repository would become aurweb.git.
* Several references in the AUR(web) source code need to be fixed, the header will still refer to the Arch User Repository.
* Some uses of "AUR" in the Arch wiki need to be brought in line with the new terminology.
Any other suggestions for a name? Is there anything I missed?
Other things that should be changed: The name of this mailing list, the name of the IRC channel (#archlinux-aur can still be used for discussing AUR packages which already happens most of the time there).
participants (3)
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David Phillips
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Loui Chang
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Lukas Fleischer