Hello Perl module gurus! I recently registered as a CPAN author (though have been writing Perl for 15+ yrs) and am looking for some naming advice on a module that I was planning to upload to CPAN. Here's a little background, which is hopefully relevant/helpful:
The module (not yet in CPAN) is currently named "Radio::Thermostat", and it provides methods for interfacing with a line of Wifi thermostats produced by Radio Thermostat Company of America (http://radiothermostat.com/). There is a published API for the thermostat (not very easy to find, but it's on this page of their site http://radiothermostat.com/latestnews.html#advanced). The intent of the module is to eventually fully implement the API in Perl. This module was originally developed by Paul Roach and posted on his wiki ( http://central.isaroach.com/wiki/index.php/Perl) that was setup as an unofficial community forum for Radio Thermostat owners/hackers. He has not updated the code in awhile, nor attempted to register/upload to CPAN. I first posted a couple of patches to the wiki to fix some issues but thought the module might be more useful/visible to people if it appeared in CPAN. I contacted him and asked if I could take over module maintenance and try to upload it to CPAN and he was more than willing to have someone else take over the module. (I can provide a copy of the email exchange if necessary.) Looking at the Perl module top-level namespaces, I'm not certain that Radio::Thermostat is the most appropriate name to use. (Guessing here but the original name was probably just derived from the name of the vendor.) I thought maybe the "Device::" top-level might at least be a good place to start with here? Although it is a little generic, I was thinking "Device::Wifi::Thermostat" or "Device::Radio::Thermostat" might be a better name to use? I did consider a specific device/model name (ie. Device::Thermostat::XXXX), but since the interface does control a line of thermostats, I don't think that's the most appropriate. Also thought about "Device::Thermostat::RTCOA" but something about that name seems not right/useful to me. :-) So I'd look forward to any advice you can provide on how I should name this module. Thanks in advance and let me know if you have any questions! Cheers, -steve
