Well, while I don't like a lot of typing, I really hate ambiguity. At the risk of annoying some people, I think the idea of using the reverse domain name in packages is a good idea to avoid any potential problems.
But then maybe I'm just being contrary today... ;-) -Stuart- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Engelhart [mailto:mengelhart@;katahdinsoftware.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:41 AM > To: Ian Bicking > Cc: Webware discuss > Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Webware-discuss] packaging > > > Alrighty then - today is the day I stop hating myself for registering > my long winded domain!! > No longer will my packages be so ridiculous! > > Maybe I can actually get some work done without having to type such > long package names! > > :-) > > Thanks > Mike > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 01:33 PM, Ian Bicking wrote: > > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
