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From:
Bryan C . Warnock
Date:
August 9, 2001 15:04
Subject:
Re: Perl 6 modules plan
Message ID:
0108091802200U.29900@wakko.idiocity.nut
On Thursday 09 August 2001 03:56 pm, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> This is kinda sketchy to me. I like the module name and version, but
> author is a little weird. For CPAN modules, it should be
> straightforward: it's your CPAN id. But do we really *want* to support
> two modules with the same name but different authors?
I originally thought this, too [1]. Then I thought better of it [2].
Authors don't have to be people, or submit to CPAN. Companies, for
instance, may offer competing modules in the same namespace. There are, of
course, other solutions that are viable.
[1] http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-internals@perl.org/msg03359.html ,
about two-thirds down.
[2] http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-internals@perl.org/msg03366.html
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Bryan C. Warnock
bwarnock@capita.com
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