I like "platform"; a few other languages seem to have converged on it to describe a blessed set of third-party packages. Of the others "common" and "base" sound too much like they are a part of core.
martin On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Graydon Hoare <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13-04-24 01:05 PM, Benjamin Striegel wrote: >> It's important to keep in mind that much of the value of calling >> something the "standard" library is so that users *know* that the >> libraries within are blessed by the language developers themselves, and >> therefore gives them the peace of mind that the code within is >> featureful, reliable, supported in the long-term, and well-known by the >> community. Please select a name that adequately expresses the authority >> of such a library. > > Agreed. This packaging will be of a sort that _does_ represent a level > of support from the language maintainers, version-to-version. So ... > absent other suggestions I will return to my preferred passtime of > thesaurus hunting: > > - Common > - Platform > - Staple > - Stock > - Supported > - Base > - Basis > - Usual > - Normal > - Favored > - Selected > - Endorsed > - Chosen > - Prime > > Any of these sound pleasant to the hear? > > -Graydon > > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
