tfgordon <[email protected]> writes:
> Why not call these things "packages" instead of "systems"?
>
For historical reasons[0], which don't apply here.
> The term "system" seems too generic to me. And wouldn't it be
> confusing to speak of a "package manager" when the things being
> managed aren't packages?
>
Good point -- I will change the terminology to "package".
> As for file name suffixes, how about some more mnemonic, such as
> ".scmp" or ".spkg" for "Scheme Package".
>
[0] I've taken some of the concepts from my extensions to Scheme 48 (I
did a simple "package manager" for it). In Scheme 48, there's
already the term "package" referring to an entity of its module
system, so after some discussion on #scheme I chose "system" (which
is used by Common Lisp).
--Rotty
