Apologies

2010-08-25 Thread Xiong Changnian
Please allow me to stress my regret at disturbing your peace by writing in a mode you find offensive. The more I seek to avoid offense, the more offensive I become. I lament my inability to express courtesy in a form you might find fair. I refrain from further participation in this list. If anyone

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread Nicholas Clark
[Yes, my reply is sort of off topic] On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 06:02:06PM -0700, Xiong Changnian wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 01:13 +0200, nadim khemir wrote: > You may find the register in which I write overly formal. I don't wish > to insult anyone who may be more comfortable writing in another

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread Nadim
Xiang, friend, just drop it. The whole thing, you are not getting popular and I would like you and your modules to become popular. You got help. We can't give you more. Any of those who answered you have 20+ years experience. Don't make yourself a nOOb. We all welcome you but the first thing you

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread Nadim
David++ +++ David Cantrell [Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:47:05AM +0100]: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:37:13PM -0700, Xiong Changnian wrote: > > > I'd love to discuss the technical aspects but first, like all projects, > > this one requires a name (and is not yet available to suggest one for > > itsel

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread Xiong Changnian
I find mid-development changes to the project name drastically disruptive. Perhaps I am, indeed, doing it wrong. But I will not drag another project through such a trial; from now on, the name must be settled very early in development. I'm sorry to hear this precludes guidance from this list. I hav

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:37:13PM -0700, Xiong Changnian wrote: > I'd love to discuss the technical aspects but first, like all projects, > this one requires a name (and is not yet available to suggest one for > itself!) The solution is simple. Write it. Then use it to name itself. Good luck

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread Aldo Calpini
On 25.08.2010 03:02, Xiong Changnian wrote: You may find the register in which I write overly formal. I don't wish to insult anyone who may be more comfortable writing in another style. I struggle to write clearly and accurately. I'm aware that my words here are immutable and I cannot suffer poor

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread Nadim
I should have wrote: "Shorter mails please" We already spend too much time in mail agents. This list could use some more debate and long running threads but about a tad more serious things. Module::Name::Casandra Module::Name::Python Module::Name::Oracle Then you can have submodule for Pod or wh

Re: RFC: Automated Assistance with Module Naming and Projection

2010-08-25 Thread ian docherty
Xiong I agree with Nadim; Keep It Short and Simple. If you have something to contribute then just go ahead and do it instead of talking about it. Choose a module name, it can very easily be changed in the future when you can demonstrate what it can do and you can get feedback then. Stop talk