On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:21:51 +0100 Jeroen Roovers <j...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 03:49:30 +1100 > Michael Palimaka <kensing...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > Can you please avoid reintroducing the term "atom" there, when we > > > are trying to get rid of it elsewhere [1]? Note that PMS doesn't > > > define the term [2]. > > > > Any suggestions for improved text? Ideally it would be > > stabilisation/keywording agnostic as the same field is used in both > > components. > > How about "atoms". We've been using that for ages (regardless of what > PMS authors think) so why change it now? Alternatively, I would > propose to call them "bikesheds" as that will work just as well as > any other label and will succinctly refer to the creative process > that made it a replacement for "atoms".
We made a deliberate decision not to use the word "atom" in PMS because it means subtly different things in different contexts. -- Ciaran McCreesh
