[Zope3-dev] Re: Rid the term 'product'

[Shane Hathaway]

Casey Duncan wrote:
> A Zope "library" is a collection of components distributed together. It
> probably isn't useful on it's own, but it might include an example
> application or two. We could also call these "bundles" I suppose, but
> I'm unsure why a new word needs to be used. To me "library" fits. A
> "library" is a bit more than a Python "package" (since it contains some
> Zope-isms like interfaces, zcml, page templates or other zope
> dependancies) and would follow the Zope conventions for layout and
> naming.

My understanding is that a bundle is a library or application archived 
in a single file for easy distribution.  A bundle must be unpacked to 
use it.  The contents of a bundle may span multiple Python packages, I 
think.

Shane