On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Neil Van Dyke <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI, given the single namespace of all Racket package names, I was trying to > figure out to what to do with old Scheme packages that were still in use, > but which had names that I didn't want to waste on archaic APIs. I ended up > just appending "-old" to the old package name. > > http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/rfc3339-old/ > http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/numformat-old/ > > BTW, I don't see a mechanism/process for keeping people from stomping over > particularly important package names (like "rfc<number>" or "object"), with > poor-quality interfaces/implementations.
The mechanism is gentleness, meekness, and love unfeigned. People, including me, keep an eye on contributions and try to give helpful suggestions and nudges to work together to produce excellent software. Jay > Neil V. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/56D51202.9050209%40neilvandyke.org. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Jay McCarthy Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAJYbDamXMTbu49kgbR5FJKB7L%3D0Ku02oTL9TsZszcg6GqXDF4w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
