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patiencedaur opened this issue Mar 17, 2022 · 0 comments
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Clarify the term "modules" #2757

patiencedaur opened this issue Mar 17, 2022 · 0 comments
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design [nature] Design issue ecosystem [area] Task relates to Tarantool's ecosystem (connector, module, other non-server functionality) raw idea [special status] Not ready for size estimation server [area] Task relates to Tarantool's server (core) functionality terminology Term problem in the docs

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Epic: Restructuring Tarantool docs

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@ NeraverinTarantool's viewpoint

The term "module" has many different meanings:

  • a Lua library that simplifies writing Lua code
  • an application like Cartridge CLI
  • a framework like vshard or Cartridge that influences the whole architecture

Besides, modules have different installation methods:

  • a built-in module
  • an external Lua rock
  • a community module
  • a standard Lua rock

@ kyukhin's viewpoint

  • Cartridge CLI, just like tarantoolctl, is not a module but an application and should be called so
  • Modules can be classified in several ways:
    • public/closed-source
    • standard Lua rocks/created by the Tarantool team/community modules
    • built-in/external
  • Large entities like vshard and cartridge might need to be called something other than "modules".

TBD

@patiencedaur patiencedaur added design [nature] Design issue ecosystem [area] Task relates to Tarantool's ecosystem (connector, module, other non-server functionality) server [area] Task relates to Tarantool's server (core) functionality labels Mar 18, 2022
@patiencedaur patiencedaur added terminology Term problem in the docs raw idea [special status] Not ready for size estimation labels Jul 7, 2022
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