no reason not to change "Package" to "Distribution" now, right? this (http://docs.python.org/2/install/index.html) already uses the "Distribution" word. which means changing sentences like "There are currently 32660 packages here." to "There are currently 32660 distributions here." and the main table listing would use the word "Distribution"
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Donald Stufft <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Marcus Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Donald: > thoughts on changing our use of "Package" on pypi to "Distribution"? > (except for the title of course) > If we're not going to do that, we should explain and bless the double use > of "Package" and drop using "Distribution" in any docs. > Our fundamental concepts shouldn't be confusing and conflicted. > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Marcus Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> BTW, I'm sick and tired of agonising every time I use the word "package" >>> over whether I should be "correct" and use "distribution". Can the guide >>> just come right out and bless the occasionally-ambiguous but commonly-used >>> dual nature of the word "package"? If not, can people start actually >>> *using* "distribution" consistently for what pip downloads and installs, so >>> I can find a few more examples for me to copy when I end up with awkward >>> phrases like "distributing your distribution"...? (You'd never believe >>> English was my native language, would you? :-)) >>> >> >> I hear you. I feel the same agony. It think we should use the word >> "Distribution", but it's hard to compete when PyPI uses "Package". >> Nick, what do we do? : ) >> >> Marcus >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > > PyPI will eventually move to using the definitions as defined in PEP426 > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0426/#supporting-definitions . > > ----------------- > Donald Stufft > PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 > DCFA > >
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