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Re: gnu.* namespace discussion
- To: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: gnu.* namespace discussion
- From: "Aaron M. Renn" <arenn at urbanophile dot com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:08:34 -0500
- Cc: per at bothner dot com, sballard at netreach dot net, cbj at gnu dot org, classpath at gnu dot org, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: GNU's Not Unix!
- References: <s8f781b9.086@tapsellferrier.co.uk>
Nic Ferrier (nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk) wrote:
> The "Java Packages" section will be documentation of the current gnu.
> name space. I would like to subdivide that as well, or perhaps
> interleave the packages into the various "themes" but that will
> create a problem because many packages have multiple uses.
It seems that to date the gnu.* namespace has been assigned essentially
at random. I've been receiving the mail from the GNU Java mailing
list and it appears that the current policy is simply that if someone
wants a part of the namespace and it is not already in use, they get
it. (In practice, there is no way to stop anyone from using any part
of any namespace they like, but there's no way around that).
I think we do need to develop a policy standard for what packages should
be included under the GNU namespace, and generally how that namespace
should be subdivided. Most of the current packages that are under
the gnu.* namespace could (and probably should) be under the domain
names of their developers.
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