Curiosity re the term 'Kit' ?!?
William Case
billlinux at rogers.com
Fri Nov 20 20:46:19 UTC 2009
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. If there is a definition or
at least a clear understanding of what a 'Kit' means its addition to a
name can be that more informative.
I was just wondering.
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Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1
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