nginx Digest, Vol 178, Issue 2

[bruce]

hi.

part of what happens in some software, is that the docs are either hard to
comprehend for the beginner, the docs require other docs, which require...
, or docs don't really exist!!

writing good clear docs with examples at a level that beginners grasp, and
keeping updated docs is a beast!!..  same with testing!!

good luck


On Mon, Jul 7, 2025, 6:53 AM Matthew Ngaha <chigga101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Like I said, those explanations are for people with Linux/programming
> knowledge. I'm struggling to understand what's being said. I.e this
> sentence is hard to comprehend:
>
> """Variables are e.g. useful for related repositories like packman
> (http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/$releasever), which shall
> always fit the installed distribution, even after a distribution
> upgrade. To help performing a distribution upgrade, the value of
> $releasever can be overwritten in zypper using the --releasever global
> option. This way you can easily switch all repositories using
> $releasever to the new version (provided the server layouts did not
> change and new repos are already available)."""
>
> What do they mean by related repository? What's an installed distribution?
> I can make some sense of it, but a quick layman's explanation would
> have been better than reading through webpages trying to decipher
> technical terms. Which is the very reason why I asked here to get
> guided assistance.
> The 2nd link (forum) is not needed. SLES, which I didn't understand
> was mentioned in the installation guide, which is why reading the
> installation guide's  website just adds more confusing terms. I don't
> need to browse the web just to understand a single term. This is time
> consuming if there are a lot of terms I don't understand. You've
> already provided 3 links, how many more do I need for such a simple
> task?
> I'm not begging for your help so don't worry about it, I'll try asking AI.
> Later.
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