On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Suno Ano <suno....@sunoano.org> wrote: > John> I would also add the common use of the term "distribution" to > John> that glossary as well. > > Yes, true that, at http://python.org/download/ we have *distributions* > to download. > > I figure the definition for *Installer* should then include that term > too. To summarize, we now have the terms > > - package > - parcel > - project > - release > - installer > - distribution > > Do others agree? Is something missing? Something wrong with that point > of view?
I am not sure to understand what is the difference between "parcel" and "distribution" in your list, because the definition John gave doesn't really differ ("that big software archive that you download, unpack, and install-") _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig