At 10:08 PM 4/15/00 , Aaron M. Renn wrote:
>I think we do need to develop a policy standard for what packages should
>be included under the GNU namespace, and generally how that namespace
>should be subdivided. Most of the current packages that are under
>the gnu.* namespace could (and probably should) be under the domain
>names of their developers.
I agree that a standard for subdividing the GNU namespace is needed but I
think that it may be a point in keeping as many packages as possible under
the GNU name -- for much of the same reasons as RMS like us to refer to our
OS as GNU/Linux rather than Linux.
For example, when I used the regexp package at work my colleagues were
constantly reminded that they worked with GNU software. Since they typed
'import gnu.regexp.*' all the time, I had a good opportunity to introduce
to them much of the GNU philosophy and stuff like the difference between
the GPL and LGPL, etc. I don't think it would've been the same if regexp
had been under 'com.somedeveloper.regexp' or whatever.
Well anyways, it's just a thought. The real issue is really how to properly
subdivide and manage the packages under 'gnu.*'.
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