On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Lennart Regebro <rege...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 20:17, Suno Ano <suno....@sunoano.org> wrote: > >> - *package* means a Python package, (directory intended to be on >> sys.path, with an __init__.py. We *never* mean a distributable >> or installable archive, except when “impedance matching” with >> folks who think in terms of operating system parcels. >> >> - *parcel* is such a distributable / installable archive: >> either in source form (an ’sdist’), or one of the binary >> forms (egg., etc.). Any parcel may contain multiple >> packages (or even no packages, in the case of standalone >> scripts). >> >> - *project* is the process / community which produces releases of >> a given set of software, identified by a name unique within >> PyPI’s namespace. PyPI manages metadata about projects (names, >> owners) and their releases. Every real project has at least >> one release. >> >> - *release* is a set of one or more parcels of a project, >> each sharing the same version. Some PyPI metadata is specific >> to a release, rather than a project. Every release has at >> least one parcel. >> >> - *installer* is an OS specific piece of software provides by >> some project which usually installs a Python interpreter and >> other general software in order to have some Python >> application installed from scratch. > > Yes. Again, exactly how I use the words already. This is the same for > all intents and purposes as Tareks proposal, this is how the words are > being used already in practice.
I would also add the common use of the term "distribution" to that glossary as well. At http://python.org/download/ , that big software archive that you download, unpack, and install---giving you a Python installed on your system---is referred to as a "distribution". Ex., "the python.org Python distribution", "the ActiveState Python distribution", etc. Enthought calls theirs a distribution as well: http://enthought.com/products/epd.php Incidentally, Perl calls theirs distributions too: http://www.cpan.org/ (source code distribution available here http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html ). Ruby calls theirs distributions as well http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/ . ---John _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
