[Zope3-dev] Package is the wrong name for the things I called "Zope Packages".

[Jim Fulton]

seb bacon wrote:

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> I'm with Jim that a distribution package thing should have a different 
> name from a development space thing.  Most users will only ever use a 
> 'C', and then configure it.  We should not give them an opportunity to 
> confuse a 'C' with an 'A' or 'B'.  For Jim's 'A' and 'B', I currently 
> like "{closed|open} workspace", or even "{closed|open} project".

A and B, which I think are really the same thing. They are "open".

Cs are closed.

> I don't like "Persistent Package" and "Persistent Module" because they 
> are too ZODB-developer-centric.  Ideally a TTW developer should not need 
> to know what persistence is.  I would prefer "Zope Package" and "Zope 
> Module".  But I suspect I might be alone in that ;-)
> 
> Finally, why is everyone ducking when the word "Product" is mentioned? 
> It has the benefit of already meaning something to most Zope users.

Yup.

Jim


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