In perl.datetime, you wrote:
>
>Let's pretend that everything is consolidated under the DateTime
>namespace. When someone on CPAN uses the Date or Time namespace,
>are they going to a) not be allowed to submit their module to PAUSE
>without running the [EMAIL PROTECTED] gaunlet b) pressured into
>conforming to the DateTime scheme c) politely informed about the
>DateTime namespace and its purpose d) ignored because the Perl
>community says that the DateTime namespace is the One True
>Calendrical Namespace or e) none of the above.
I'd suggest a combination of c) and b) and perhaps a little d). We can
inform them politely, then if they ignore us we can inform them a little
more stridently, then we can shrug and ignore them, as they obviously
don't want to play along.
Incidentally, I am now one of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] cabal (as of yesterday)
and one of my first tasks is going to be to document any namespace
conventions which do exist, make them easily available for module authors
to check, and make sure that [EMAIL PROTECTED] encourages the use of the
guidelines where possible.
That won't stop people uploading rubbish via PAUSE, but it will at least
mean that they have to put stuff in the right place (where the right
place is known) for it to be in the official module list.
K.
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occur to me to apply to our Skud."
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