On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 6:29 AM, David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 08:59:40PM +0100, Xavier Noria wrote: >> Hi, I am the author of Net::FluidDB, which let's you talk to FluidDB. >> FluidDB has been renamed to Fluidinfo, and I should rename the module >> in accordance. Is there a recommended way to do this? Or should I just >> upload a different distribution and document the rename? > > I'd upload a new distribution, rename the module, and also include a > backward-compatibility wrapper module.
I would do nothing until there is a change in Fluidinfo that makes the FluidDB module stop working. I would also continue to use the old name "inappropriately" to annoy the marketeers. And if the change really is name-only, I might upload a very light Fluidinfo module that simply aliases the name space -- probably using direct symbol table manipulation, instead of using the "Alias" module.
