Re: Terminology suggestion

[Bob Proulx]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> > - RCS 5.7 and previous always said "RCS file", not "repository".
> > 
> > - ttn's eyes glazed over reading "RCS file", RCS this, RCS that;
> >   started using "repo" in the source to describe a single ,v file;
> >   and in the end, succumbed to inflicting this intolerance on the users.
> 
> This is not a good time to be introducing new terminology.
> Furthermore, the use of the word "repository" to mean "RCS file"
> conflicts with longstanding practice in other revision control systems.
> 
> I'd stick with the term "RCS file" for now, to talk about single ,v files;
> that's what people have been used to, and personal preference is
> not a good enough reason to overturn longstanding standard practice.

Agreed.  RCS is a tool that needs stability.  People who are using it
are not expecting it to have gratuitous instability.

Bob