Curiosity re the term 'Kit' ?!?

[Alan Cox]

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