This is a CPAN distribution naming question.
My understanding is that the 'App' top-level namespace on CPAN is
intended for the use of distributions which someone will primarily use
by running an executable program found in the distribution's 'bin/'
directory rather than by constructing program using functions found in
.pm files under the 'lib/' directory.
Examples:
Distribution Executable
App-cpanminus cpanm
App-cpanminus-reporter cpanm-reporter
Now suppose that I want to write a library which subclasses an 'App'
distribution but where I don't want to provide an "app", i.e., where I'm
not going to write a script in the 'bin/' directory but am simply going
to write methods in a module underneath 'lib/'.
Should such a library go into the 'App' namespace? I wouldn't think so,
because it no longer provides an app.
On the other hand, our ordinary practice when subclassing is to extend
the name one directory deeper. Dropping the 'App-' from the start of a
distro's name when subclassing the distro deviates from this practice.
That's potentially confusing to CPAN users.
Specifically, I want to create a distro which subclass garu's
App-cpanminus-reporter but does not provide an installable in 'bin/'.
Do I call it:
App-cpanminus-reporter-XXX
... or
Cpanminus-reporter-XXX
... or something else?
Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan
