On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:57 +0100, "Paul LeoNerd Evans" <leon...@leonerd.org.uk> wrote: > I have a one-module dist that I'd like to rename. How problematic will > this be? > > I know I could just upload new dist with new module, and get things to > use that instead, and just abandon the old one. Seems a bit harsh. > > I could upload one last copy of the old module (which, being an object > class) can simply "use base" the new name. Should these go in their own > dists, or would it be OK both in just the new one?
Do you mean "use parent"? (it's more lightweight than "use base", and is in 5.10.1-to-be core and is dual-life.) :) It'll be OK in the new one IF you want to keep that shim module in all the future releases using the new name. If not, put it in a final release of the old module, and make it depend on the new module (and 'parent', if you go that route) > And what for deleting the old name? No need to, really, especially if you make a separate "final dist". > And finally, is it all worth it, just for the neatness of a name? Or > should I just live with it? I considered it worth it. YMMV. > > -- > Paul "LeoNerd" Evans > > leon...@leonerd.org.uk > ICQ# 4135350 | Registered Linux# 179460 > http://www.leonerd.org.uk/ -- Curtis Jewell swords...@csjewell.fastmail.us %DCL-E-MEM-BAD, bad memory -VMS-F-PDGERS, pudding between the ears [I use PC-Alpine, which deliberately does not display colors and pictures in HTML mail]
