[ZWeb] A new proposal (long)
Paul Everitt
paul@zope.com
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 18:47:33 -0400
Nope, I don't think Zope 3 will use the word "Component" to describe the
thing you download. I think (and hope) this will be called Package,
which will contain one or more components, a readme, an install script,
package metadata, etc.
--Paul
Olivier Deckmyn wrote:
> I think Component should be the word for Zope 3.
>
> Remember : by the end of the year, Zope has to be 10x bigger ; so 9x people
> will know Zope with the "new" "Component" word :)
>
> :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Casey Duncan" <casey@zope.com>
> To: "Lennart Regebro" <lennart@torped.se>
> Cc: "Olivier Deckmyn" <odeckmyn.list@teaser.fr>; <zope-web@zope.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [ZWeb] A new proposal (long)
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>>I will admit that the Product nomenclature was a bit confusing to me
>>when I started using Zope. However, I agree that "Product" is the
>>accepted term and changing it would hurt more than it would help.
>>
>>-Casey
>>
>>Lennart Regebro wrote:
>>
>>>>I would MUCH MORE prefer that we use the term "Component".
>>>>Zope is a RAD tool like VB or Delphi. You can plug components into it...
>>>>
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, that doesn't fly. Not only should Components have a well
>>>defined component interface, they should be much easier to use than most
>>>Zope Products.
>>>
>>>The word "Products" is now also common in the Zope community, and it
>>
> would
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>>>cause immense confusion to change it.
>>>
>>>It would be more reasonable to talk about "components" in Zope 3,
>>
> though.
>
>>>:-)
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