On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:21:18PM -0700, William R Ward wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Bergman) writes: > > On mndag, maj 5, 2003, at 18:47 Europe/Stockholm, Perl Authors Upload > > Server wrote: > > > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > > > > > modid: WWW::Bugzilla > > > DSLIP: adpOg > > > description: API providing create/update of Bugzilla bugs > > > userid: MCVELLA (Matt Vella) > > > chapterid: 15 (World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI) > > > communities: > [...] > > Perhaps Webservice::Bugzilla? > > I think you mean WebService, not Webservice. But I don't think that's > a good idea. Most of the existing apps that use LWP to connect to a > service are in the WWW:: domain. Consider the WWW::Search modules for > example.
Implementation is irrelevant to naming, as you said yourself in a recent email :) > There are only three existing WebService:: modules in CPAN today, Naturally, it's a new category - and one designed to easy the pressure on the very overcrowded and inconsistent WWW:: category. > and two of them at least are oriented toward a particular site, which > Bugzilla is not. Bugzilla is an open source bug tracking system that > is used by many sites besides mozilla.org. The WebService:: category isn't tied to services on particular site. Some module in it might be, but the purpose of the category isn't. I think WebService::Bugzilla is appropriate here. Tim.
