[Distutils] packaging terminology confusion

Suno Ano suno.ano at sunoano.org
Sun Jan 10 00:37:43 CET 2010


 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?



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