Re: rename: narrowing it down

[Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@cygnus.com>]

I like sources.redhat.com too. I see no reason it couldn't interface to 
ftp.gnu.org or freshmeat or whatever for an index of source packages.

On 11 May 2000, Per Bothner wrote:

> I like Sources.redhat.com, but I see your point that it might imply it
> contains "all the source to Red Hat's products".  Solution: make sure
> it does, or at least point to it.  I.e. if you call it
> sources.redhat.com, then it should have a prominent pointer to where
> source rpms, and other source to open-source redhat code.  It doesn't
> have to be on the site itself, but there should be a pointer.  On the
> other hand, if you want to compete with sourceforge, perhaps you don't
> want to make the reference to redhat sources *too* prominent on the
> page - but it must be prominentenough that people looking for redhat
> sources can find them.
> 
> The same comments may apply to some of the other suggestions, but
> less strongly.
> -- 
> 	--Per Bothner
> per@bothner.com   http://www.bothner.com/~per/
>