Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-12 Thread Bill Ward
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Rene Schickbauer < rene.schickba...@gmail.com> wrote: > David Nicol wrote: > > Also, ++ to giving it a "brand name." It sounds kind of cloak-and-dagger, >> like this module spies on the PC where it is installed and sends back >> reports, like a foreign agent. How

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-12 Thread Rene Schickbauer
David Nicol wrote: Also, ++ to giving it a "brand name." It sounds kind of cloak-and-dagger, like this module spies on the PC where it is installed and sends back reports, like a foreign agent. How about "Boris" after Boris of Boris and Natasha from Rocky and Bullwinkle? In that case, i'd g

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-12 Thread Sawyer X
Hi David, Tim. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:25 PM, David Nicol wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Tim Bunce wrote: > >> >> On CPAN frameworks, especially generic ones with plugins etc., are >> encouraged to have "brand names". Think Catalyst, Mojo, Smolder, Plack, >> Dist::Zilla to name a

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-12 Thread David Nicol
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Tim Bunce wrote: > > On CPAN frameworks, especially generic ones with plugins etc., are > encouraged to have "brand names". Think Catalyst, Mojo, Smolder, Plack, > Dist::Zilla to name a few off the top of my head. so it examines the hard drive and notes the pres

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-07 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 01:07:33AM +0300, Sawyer X wrote: >On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Tim Bunce <[1]tim.bu...@pobox.com> wrote: > > "Data" is fairly meaningless as a name. The Data:: is intended to be > used for modules that work with abstract data values: Data::Bind, > Da

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-06 Thread Tim Bunce
On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 05:16:41PM +0300, Sawyer X wrote: > >I have a new module (which I'll probably release to CPAN soon >enough) which basically scans a machine for information (like >Puppet's Facter). > >The working title is Data::Scanner, but perhaps that doesn't really >

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-06 Thread nadim khemir
> To take perhaps a short break from mirror efficiency discussions, are people > still up for module naming suggestions? :) > > I have a new module (which I'll probably release to CPAN soon enough) which > basically scans a machine for information (like Puppet's Facter). > > The working title is

Re: Yet another module naming suggestion query

2010-04-05 Thread Sawyer X
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Tim Bunce wrote: > "Data" is fairly meaningless as a name. The Data:: is intended to be > used for modules that work with abstract data values: Data::Bind, > Data::Bucket, Data::BitMask, Data::COW etc. > Thank you for taking the time to comment! Meanwhile, whil