On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:42:09AM -0600, Chris Josephes wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Mark Stosberg wrote:
>
> > I would rather CPAN be wide at the top level than have un-intuitive
> > names. The author based system will also become more difficult when
> > authors change hands, disappear, or there are multiple authors.
>
> There's kind of a trade-off here. Right now, when module authors
> disappear, it's very difficult for a new author to take over that
> namespace because it's registered to an author/email address that may not
> be active anymore. With author namespaces, they can just create a new
> namespace under their CPAN id.
And then the 1000 people who use their module can all do a find and
replace on all places where they have referenced the the module name
with the other authors ids.
And what happens when module author gets married and get a new
hyphenated last name? </sarcasm>
I have enough trouble remembering APIs without trying to remember
whether I need to load something in namespace of William, Will, Bill,
Willie, or Willy.
I can't say I'm a fan of this idea.
Mark
