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authorP. J. McDermott <pehjota>2013-07-21 15:36:23 (EDT)
committer P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2013-07-21 15:36:23 (EDT)
commitac1b50e454051b9cd40539e5c871967da9eac076 (patch)
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parent3bf3d98f3decc5c9f28361de3651295f9a8a95c0 (diff)
dev/archive/layout: Improve definitions.
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in the `dev` channel.
Distribution
------------
-A **distribution** is a set of components in the package archive with a certain
+A **distribution** is a set of feeds in the package archive with a certain
release policy and life cycle. There is one rolling release: `trunk`. All
other distributions are fixed release series distributions, e.g. `rs1`.
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ are `dev/trunk` and `rel/rs1`.
Platform
--------
-A **platform** is a set of architectures in the package archive with packages
-configured for a particular use case.
+A **platform** is a set of package configurations representing a particular use
+case.
Architecture
------------
-An **architecture** is a set of packages in the package archive built for a
-particular combination of processing units, kernel, and system libraries.
+An **architecture** is a particular combination of processing units, kernel, and
+system libraries for which packages are built.
The `src` architecture contains source packages.