"Julian Mehnle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> as you might already know, I wrote Courier::Filter[1], a purely Perl-based
> modular mail filter framework for Courier.
>
> C:F is already available from CPAN, but so far has not been accepted into
> the official module list[2] (and therefore into the CPAN module
> directory[3]) because the modlist maintainers think the name
> "Courier::Filter" is too generic and they asked me to add a "Mail::"
> prefix.
>
> I don't really agree, since except from the Courier MTA there isn't really
> any widely-known software bearing the name "Courier". I argued with them
> and pointed out the existence of the popular "Apache::" and "Sendmail::"
> top-level namespaces, but haven't managed to change their mind.
>
> Now there are two options: keep the name "Courier::Filter" and have C:F
> missing from the official modlist and the CPAN module directory, or change
> the name to "Mail::Courier::Filter", which makes some module names awfully
> long ("Mail::Courier::Filter::Module::DNSBL"), especially when used in
> C:F's config file.
>
> I'm undecided on what to do, so I thought I'd ask you about what you think
> should be done?
Well, I agree with you that adding the "Mail::" prefix will make things
too long and cumbersome. But if the CPAN folks disagree, what can we
do?
As much as I am in favor of keeping the "Courier::Filter" name, I'd
rather see the package in CPAN than to have it be absent just because of
not wanting to rename it.
So if the powers that be in CPAN don't relent, I will end up going by
the precept "When in Rome, do like the Romans."
But I will support you in fighting for the current name, at least until
it's apparent that the battle will have been unequivocally lost.
--
Lloyd Zusman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
God bless you.
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