Curiosity re the term 'Kit' ?!?
Alan Cox
alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Fri Nov 20 21:48:34 UTC 2009
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:19 -0500
William Case <billlinux at rogers.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> As I get ready to upgrade/install to F12 an old curiosity question comes
> to mind. Fedora now has several programs it has packaged with the
> designation 'Kit'. PolicyKit, PackageKit and FirstAidKit come to mind.
> I assume it just means a bunch of programs, libraries and dependencies
> bundled together.
>
> However, I have never actually seen a definition of a kit. Has it ever
> been formally defined? Is it a Fedora/RedHat thing or is 'Kit' used
> more generally.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I am not objecting. In fact, I think adding 'Kit'
> to a bundle is descriptive and memorable.
I must say I found it misleading in intent, but horribly accurate in some
cases.
Kit to me means a collection of parts that are completely useless
until you glue them together yourself, patch up the bad joins and the
like ;)
Alan
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