[Distutils] Should I rename the "dist" command?

[Greg Stein]

"pack"
"package"
"assemble"
"create"
"makedist"

optional flag: --prebuild (or whatever)

RPM uses the term "build", but we've reserved that for something else.

Cheers,
-g

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Greg Ward wrote:
> Hi all --
> 
> it just occurred to me that since the "dist" command is only responsible 
> for creating *source* distributions, it might make sense to rename it to 
> "sdist".  That way, there would be two parallel, complementary "make a
> distribution" commands:
> 
>   sdist  - make a source distribution
>   bdist  - make a "built" distribution (frequently a binary
>            distribution)
> 
> (Well, there will be two parallel, complementary commands anyways: this
> just makes the names consistent.)
> 
> Also, it reduces the small potential for confusion between the
> Distribution class and the Dist class.  (The former is the grand central
> station of the Distutils; the latter is just another command class that
> happens to implement the "dist" command.)
> 
> I don't see any big problems with this; it just means that the
> developers currently using Distutils would have to adjust their habits
> by one letter.  Any thoughts?
> 
>         Greg
> -- 
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> http://starship.python.net/~gward/
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> 
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