[Zope3-dev] Package is the wrong name for the things I called
"Zope Packages".
seb bacon
seb@jamkit.com
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:34:18 +0000
Oops, premature sending. Who put the "backspace" key so close to the
"enter" key ;-)
seb bacon wrote:
> I wonder if the word 'persistent' is a scary word. Imagine you come to
> the world of programming through Zope. What is a persistent module? One
> which just won't give up?
"Zope module" sounds intuitive to me. "Zope package" for a namespace
mechanism less so. Uhh... "Zope namespace" ?
>>
>> I suspect that the things currently called "closed Zope packages" (use C)
>> should have an entirely different name from the things currently called
>> "open zope packages" (uses A and B). I'm inclined to think that the name
>> for uses A and B should involve the word "folder", although I haven't
>> thought
>> of great modifiers.
What about reusing the "Product" word? It already has a meaning for
thousands of Zope users.
A, B = "Zope Product Workspaces"
C = "Zope Product Bundle"
?
seb