Re: Freedesktop::Trash (was Re: Module name - File::Trash::FreeDesktop)
* Robert Rothenberg (CPAN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-03-03 21:15]: Does anyone have anything against starting a new top-level hierarchy? In this instance, I don’t. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/
Module name - File::Trash::FreeDesktop
I am unsure what to name a module that implements the freedesktop.org Trash standard. Freedesktop::Trash seems to be the obvious name, but there's nothing in the Freedesktop top-level namespace. X11::Trash might make more sense, but it doesn't use anything X11-specfic. It could just as well be used in a console-only environment. File::Trash is inappropriate, since it doesn't do anything for Windows or Mac trashcans. I don't want to use Linux in the name since FreeDesktop isn't Linux-specfic, or even Unix-specific. (If somebody really wanted, they could use this easily on Windows or Macs.) File::Trash::FreeDesktop seems the best name to me. Comments? Flames? Rob
Re: Module name - File::Trash::FreeDesktop
# from Robert Rothenberg (CPAN) # on Monday 27 February 2006 09:36 am: Freedesktop::Trash seems to be the obvious name, but there's nothing in the Freedesktop top-level namespace. How about Freedesktop::File::Trash ? With FD aiming to be a standard, I would rather see all of the modules which implement it under a single tlns (even in a tree which mirrors the generic modules which are already there -- e.g. FreeDesktop::Image::Thumbnail for the thumbnails standard, etc.) X11::FreeDesktop:DesktopEntry is the only precedent and I'm inclined to think it should have been in the FD tlns as FreeDesktop::DesktopEntry. IMO, File::Trash::FreeDesktop sounds too much like it aims to trash my fd-related files :-) --Eric -- ...the bourgeoisie were hated from both ends: by the proles, because they had all the money, and by the intelligentsia, because of their tendency to spend it on lawn ornaments. --Neal Stephenson --- http://scratchcomputing.com ---
