On 17/02/02 13:28 +0000, Graham Barr wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 01:24:29PM -0500, a-mused wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > There's no tradition or history within CPAN or PAUSE of ever requiring a
> > PAUSE ID to not clash with a module. Quite to the contrary .. please see
> > below.
>
> I don't belive that Bill said that there was any readition, only that he
> would be uncomfortable with DBI as a username and I have to agree.
> None of the modules you mention below have quite the status of DBI.
There are lot's of anomolies, hidden secrets, double meanings and simply
funny things scattered about the Perl language and culture. For me, it's one
of the top reasons that I put my efforts towards Perl rather than some
arguably "less confusing" languages out there. Perl is a clever language for
smart people.
I think DataBuilt has chosen this name to keep in line with its other running
puns like "DBI.pm" (DataBuilt Inc Perl Mongers). Having the author id of DBI
is clever, but not really *that* clever. I personally would be fine with
using DATABUILT.
However I think it's a little overboard to argue that *anything* (matching
/\w{3,9}/) should be disallowed from being an id. It's almost like saying
that I shouldn't be allowed to use $Jesus as a variable name. CPAN author ids
simply don't show up in very prominent places. (BTW, I just checked and there
is an author id of JESUS. So for chrissake, er, nevermind...
Cheers, Brian
>
> Graham.
>
> >
> > PAUSE ID MODULE
> > ------------ -----------
> > URI URI ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this module
> > RAM DBD::RAM ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this module
> > RAM AnyData::Storage::RAM ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this
> > module
> > RDF RDF::Notation3 ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this module
> > RDF RDF::Service ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this module
> > PING Net::Ping ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this module
> > NI-S NIS::DBM ** PAUSE ID isn't author of this module
> > ......
> > I'm stopping after a casual perusal of the authors tree from Z to N.
> >
> > Thanks~
> > -dsp (author ID: DPARIS)
> >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Ingerson) writes:
> > >> On 08/02/02 13:58 -0000, DataBuilt PAUSE wrote:
> > >> > Name: DataBuilt, Inc
> > >> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> > Requested PAUSE ID: DBI
> > >[...]
> > >> DataBuilt Inc (DBI) is a current hotbed of Perl activity and looks to
> > >> continue to be for some time.[...]
> >
> > > I think that this may all be true, but I'm uncomfortable with the user
> > > ID "DBI". It is too likely to be confused with DBI.pm. The user ID
> > > "DATABUILT" would be better, IMHO.
> > >
> > > --Bill.
> >
> >
> >
