Getting rid of terminology

Mark Shuttleworth mark at ubuntu.com
Fri Mar 11 03:11:49 UTC 2016


Ah. Historical guts of snappy, huh :) Thank you :)

On 10/03/16 13:52, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
> Trust me, you want *that* specific "Part" dead as well! :-)
>
> This is not the snapcraft concept you're thinking of.
> On Mar 10, 2016 6:49 PM, "Mark Shuttleworth" <mark at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/03/16 06:33, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote:
>>> -- Part
>>>
>>> This term as previously discussed was one of the types that were used to
>>> refer to snaps. Let's use Snap or SnapInfo where appropriate.
>> No, there's is a big difference between a snap and a part.
>>
>> A snap is made of parts, but a part is not a whole snap.
>>
>> We want parts to be an independent concept (much like the new "layers"
>> in charms) because they are points of collaboration between parties with
>> a common interest, that still let those parties reuse those shared bits
>> inside unique snaps.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>




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