On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:19 -0500 William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
