[advocacy-discuss] IPS terminology

[Philip Torchinsky]

Hi,

this is indirect question for this mailing list, but it is related to 
advocacy: we need to use terms as correct as possible everywhere to 
allow everybody understand us.

There is a phrase in OS2008.05 Getting Started Guide (both in print 
version and on the web site, see 
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/IPS/ggcph.html, 3rd paragraph):
"An image is a location where the packages, their files, and their 
corresponding actions can be installed. An image acts as an IPS client, 
which interacts with the package depot server."

What is "image" here actually? How it does correspond with "boot 
environment" term? The sentence means we can install packages, files and 
actions to an image, right? How I can install an action? Shall we 
specifically emphasize that the kernel is a package as well (and I can 
easily update kernel with pkg image-update)?

Philip