> From: Rodent of Unusual Size [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 October 2002 12:27
> Sander Striker wrote: > > > > Why would you get namespace collisions between different projects (in > > different languages)? And where would it hurt? Can you give an example? > > if someone wanted to construct a non-jakarta regexp library, or one came > in from xml, or something like that. there was an example on the reorg list.. > > here it is.. from hen: > > > I'm _really_ looking forward to explaining to people that > > apache-commons-regexp and jakarta-commons-regexp are not the same thing, > > it's just because the php-regexp engine that was moved to apache-commons > > has a Java version now [hypothetical obviously]. Ah, but it is not a technical problem. What is pointed out above is just what we want with Commons IMO. People looking for a regexp lib come to commons and see multiple implementations they can choose from (in different languages). Great!. Ofcourse, we should also link to the jakarta regexp so it gets equal exposure (or ask it to move to Commons). I personally still don't see major objections, technical or otherwise, against using the Commons name. Sander
