Re: Advice on module name needed

2012-09-08 Thread Yanick Champoux
On 12-09-07 01:00 PM, brian d foy wrote: WWW::Rally::API API doesn't add anything we don't already know. It doesn't add any additional information, but it does provide a little perk: it doesn't hog all of the 'WWW::Rally' namespace in case other modules dealing with Rally emerge. Throwing

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread Yanick Champoux
On 12-09-08 02:49 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: Just because its personal, doesn't mean its not meant for reuse. Even if it just personal reuse, it is still reuse. And IMVHO, reuse is what CPAN is all about. What do you think? Fwiw, I tend to agree that as long as it can be useful for somebody else,

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread sawyer x
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Serguei Trouchelle wrote: > sawyer x wrote: > > I don't understand why people upload things to CPAN that are specifically >> exclusively without-a-doubt on-purpose *just >> for them*? >> > > Because it's convenient for them. Well, that's pretty obvious, even to

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread sawyer x
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Sven Dowideit wrote: > the reason is simple - every single Perl developer seems to have a > modified, but cargo culted approach to the tools they use to build, test > and release. > But these are just lists of authors' personal choices (that often conflict with oth

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread Leon Timmermans
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:59 PM, sawyer x wrote: > No, I can't. Acme:: is people sharing jokes, which in most cases aren't > supposed to be "useful", they're JOKES. Author::PAUSEID, > Task::BeLike::PAUSEID and Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::PAUSEID are by people > *not* sharing *anything* with *anyone*

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread sawyer x
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:47 AM, sawyer x wrote: > > I don't understand why people upload things to CPAN that are > specifically exclusively without-a-doubt on-purpose just for them? > > Two reasons: > > * it is very convenient to install,

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread John M. Gamble
On Sat, September 8, 2012 12:08 pm, Leon Timmermans wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:59 PM, sawyer x wrote: >> No, I can't. Acme:: is people sharing jokes, which in most cases aren't >> supposed to be "useful", they're JOKES. Author::PAUSEID, >> Task::BeLike::PAUSEID and Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread Pedro Melo
Hi, On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 5:59 PM, sawyer x wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Serguei Trouchelle wrote: >> sawyer x wrote: >>> People always say "hey, if it's useful for even one person, it should be >>> out there", but these are things that are on >>> purpose only useful and meant for t

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread Pedro Melo
Hi, On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:18 PM, sawyer x wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:47 AM, sawyer x wrote: >> * the author can include that module as a dependency on his projects >> like he does with all the other CPAN dependencies. >> >> The se

Re: RFC: the Author:: namespace

2012-09-08 Thread Pedro Melo
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:18 PM, sawyer x wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Pedro Melo wrote: >>> Regarding pollution of CPAN, moving personal stuff that *is already on >>> CPAN* to a personal namespace actually reduces the pollution of