[Usenet; poss.: fr.: {DEC} slang for a full software distribution, as
opposed to a patch or upgrade] A source software distribution that
has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be
unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only
standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain
of references from the top-level {README file}. The more general term
{distribution} may imply that special tools or more stringent
conditions on the host environment are required.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {distribution}]