On Wed, April 12, 2006 1:57 pm, A. Pagaltzis said: > * Daniel T. Staal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-12 15:15]: >> On Wed, April 12, 2006 8:48 am, A. Pagaltzis said: >> > App::PETERPAN::SuperApp / App::GULLIVER::SuperApp? >> >> That works until there's a team working on each app. > > So what, though? Catalyst is developed by a team, but ends up in > Marcus Rambergâs CPAN directory; likewise, Gtk2 has a whole team > behind it, but the releases end up in Torsten Schönbergerâs CPAN > directory. Then there are cases like http://search.cpan.org/~bbc/ > which is an umbrella account for a team.
It just seems like bad practice to use meaningful metadata that is *not* necessarily constant (though it often is in practice) as part of a unique identifier. It makes the system less adaptable. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
