OK -if that's the vote then I will live with it. As I said the GnomeVFS case is slightly different in that that is the name of the library ( http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gnome-vfs/index.html ) - but in the interests of peace :-) .... It is far more important to get the general scheme of VFS::x VFS::y etc. going.
Cheers. On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:25:55PM +0100, Arthur Bergman wrote: > Hi, > > Just because the library is named GnomeVFS doesn't mean it have to have > that name on CPAN does it? Doesn't VFS::Gnome give enough credit to the > underlying library? Why do we need to to say the obscure acronym ;) > twice in 15 characters, taking up 6! > > I don't really mind between VFS:: and FileSys::Virtual, if you are > really planning on writing > an abstract VFS.pm that is designed to work with multiple > implmentations I am think VFS should be a go. However I don't think > VFS::GnomeVFS should be a go. > > VFS::GnomeVFS > VFS::ApacheVFS > VFS::DarwinVFS > VFS::LinuxVFS > > Doesn't read well at all. > > Regards Arthur > > On onsdag, nov 6, 2002, at 13:12 Europe/Stockholm, Piers Harding wrote: > > > > > Granted - GnomeVFS is possibly a bit repetitious, but in this case > > GnomeVFS is the name of the Gnome library that is being used as a VFS > > driver. However, Filsys::Virtual is excessively verbose, as there > > is allready a degree of acceptance in the Open Source community at > > large of the meaning of the VFS acronym being Virtual File System - > > hence GnomeVFS ( not to mention other projects such as Apache and the > > VFS component, Linux etc. ). > > > > consider this as a potential usage model: > > > > VFS using core Perl functions for the driver might be called like this > > - > > use VFS; > > > > If a user wanted to use the functions capable of a certain driver they > > could address it like this - > > > > use VFS GnomeVFS; > > or > > use VFS qw(GnomeVFS); > > or > > use VFS q/:gnomevfs/; > > > > The point being that the VFS core can be used in limited situatiions, > > and additional drivers, pulled in as required, even at run time. > > > > This lends it's self to a node-leaf relationship with - > > VFS.pm > > VFS/LWP.pm <--- VFS functions based on LWP > > VFS/GnomeVFS.pm > > VFS/SomeOtherLib.pm > > .. > > > > > > Cheers. > >
