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

[Casey Duncan]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:49:19 -0500
Shane Hathaway <shane at zope.com> wrote:

> 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.

If we are talking about bundles in terms of distribution (rather than
the units being distributed), then it makes perfect sense to me in that
context.

-Casey