From: Mark Hahn <mchahn@...>
Date: 2001-12-06T03:13:39+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27581] Re: Package Naming

I agree.  The escape could even be the dot-com convention if the author
desires.

This requires that someone volunteer to run the central authority and deal
with all the complaints.

In effect, anyone can use any name, but names registered with the Ruby
authority "win" the argument.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Pryce" <nat.pryce@b13media.com>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:10 AM
Subject: [ruby-talk:27543] Re: Package Naming


> From: "Rik Hemsley" <rik@kde.org>
> > #if Jim Menard
> > > What I find tedious is that I am neither a company nor an
organization.
> I
> > > don't own a domain name or company name. Therefore, I can't really
> create a
> > > "legit" package name. I haven't had anyone complain about "jimm.foo"
but
> > > jimm.{com,net,org,info} are already taken.
> >
> > Aren't the actual words irrelevant ? I can't imagine Java does a lookup
> > on the domain name before it loads your code :)
> >
> > Surely 'menard.jim.xml.grok' would be fine ?
>
> The actual words *are* relevant because by using valid domain names avoids
> name clash without needing to set up another global naming authority.  The
> disadvantage is that developers have to have a domain name; there is no
> escape mechanism.  Another disadvantage is that packages are not named by
> their functionality, except those in the java and javax packages.
>
> How will packages by named?  Who will organise them into the hierarchy?
If
> it is up to individual developers. there is still the danger of name clash
> and miscategorisation.  If it is up to a central authority, it will take
> time to get a package name approved. IMHO, any package naming convention
for
> Ruby must include an "escape mechanism" that can be used to name packages
> without categorising them into the official package hierarchy, but with
the
> understanding that there may be name clashes.  Sort of like the "x-"
prefix
> for MIME types.
>
> Cheers,
>             Nat.
>
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