Oh great gods of the namespace realm. We, your humble servants of the DateTime
Asylum, seek your infinite wisdom and guidance. As simple serfs we only wish to plant
our seeds of temporal knowledge into the fertile soil of the CPAN and have it
flourish. Alas - the realm is awash with vagabonds that may trample upon our fields
and ruin our orthogonal namespace rows. We bow before your mighty power and ask that
you ordain our crops as holy and that you bestow upon us magical charms to protect us
from the many evils that have been unpleased in these dark times of top level
depravity.
-J
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:50:30 -1000 (HST)
From: Joshua Hoblitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: DateTime [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: namespaces, command and control
While writing some documentation for the DateTime project ( http://datetime.perl.org )
I seem to have brought up the question of namespace control.
This is the paragraph in question:
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=head2 Namespace Allocation
CDateTime::* namespace is allocated by the C[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. Do
not create a new 2nd tier namespace without first seeking approval from the list.
Unless specifically noted as Copen most 2nd tier namespaces are not available to 3rd
party developers.
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Currently we have modules in the DateTime namespace and more then a dozen 2nd tier
namespaces. Is it appropriate for us [the DateTime 'Asylum'] to be presuming some
sort of control over the DateTime namespace? Further, is it possible to seek control
over a top level namespace? I believe there is some president for this, for example
DBI, but the issue does seem somewhat vague. At least nothing of this nature seems to
be officially ordained.
Any clarification would be appreciated.
Cheers,
-J
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