Re: Need suggestions for terminology

2011-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Thalhammer
On Dec 2, 2011, at 7:10 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: >> Distribution: A Distribution is an abstract concept that defines >> relationships between packages. The minimal concrete implementation >> of a Distribution would be just a META.json (or equivalent) file. >> Distributions also have names a

Re: Need suggestions for terminology

2011-12-02 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Michael G Schwern # on Friday 02 December 2011 19:10: >> Module: I actually avoid using the term Module because I think it is >> often misused.  I feel that a Module is a physical file (i.e. >> something that you "use").  But some folks use the terms Module and >> Package interchangeably.  

Re: Need suggestions for terminology

2011-12-02 Thread David Golden
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Jeffrey Thalhammer wrote: > Hi everyone- > > I need some suggestions for terminology to use in my code and documentation.   > I'm picky about names, so this is important to me (perhaps more than it > should be).  The context is Pinto, which is yet-another suite of

Re: Need suggestions for terminology

2011-12-02 Thread Michael G Schwern
You might want to crib from BackPAN::Index. It has a lot of this terminology. On 2011.12.2 5:21 PM, Jeffrey Thalhammer wrote: > The context is Pinto, which is yet-another suite of libraries and tools > for building a private CPAN-like repository. Does it explode when hit from the rear? No? Jo

Need suggestions for terminology

2011-12-02 Thread Jeffrey Thalhammer
Hi everyone- I need some suggestions for terminology to use in my code and documentation. I'm picky about names, so this is important to me (perhaps more than it should be). The context is Pinto, which is yet-another suite of libraries and tools for building a private CPAN-like repository. H

Re: [QA2012] IRC Meeting 2011-12-01

2011-12-02 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 06:40:18AM -0500, David Golden wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) > wrote: > > - Laurent started to contact sponsors of past FPW, and also obtained > >  more contact information for a potential sponsor > > Do you have a "pitch" for sponsors? E

Re: [QA2012] IRC Meeting 2011-12-01

2011-12-02 Thread David Golden
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: > - Laurent started to contact sponsors of past FPW, and also obtained >  more contact information for a potential sponsor Do you have a "pitch" for sponsors? E.g. what's in it for them, a summary of results of previous hackathons, wh

[QA2012] IRC Meeting 2011-12-01

2011-12-02 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
Hi, Here's a quick summary of what was said on irc during this week's status meeting for the Perl QA Hackathon 2012. Progress: - we have our first company sponsor: the French SPLIO offered 2000 EUR (and are interested to come and say hello during the hackathon, or during the evening events) -