On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 09:02, Michael Engelhart wrote: > So maybe I won't get kicked off the list for using > com.katahdinsoftware.util for my utility classes?? :-)
No, we'd never kick you off the list for something like that ;) But all the Python people here and everywhere will look at you funny. Sure, DBPool isn't very unique, but MiscUtils.DBPool is fairly unique... and actually Tavis feels we should use something more unique in the case of MiscUtils and WebUtils (and I don't disagree -- though as long as Webware isn't globally visible it doesn't matter). In practice I really haven't encountered this problem with Webware or elsewhere. The Python community is more open than the Java community -- if someone is already using a name, chances are we'll notice at some point before too long. And if they're being private about it, then the first one who goes public gets dibs ;) There's not big commercial interests creating software and releasing it in one big chunk to the world, and there's no underlying desire to cause programmer lock-in, and there's no fear of doing a little editing when conflicts do occur. It's not that hard to change names -- it's easier than typing com.katadinsoftware.util :) (See, I already got it wrong!) Ian ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
