Re: [PEPr] +1 for RFC::Prefix all classes with PEAR_

Mark Wiesemann wrote:

Philippe Jausions schrieb:

Mark Wiesemann wrote:

Mark Wiesemann wrote:

Mark Wiesemann (http://pear.php.net/user/wiesemann) has voted +1 on the proposal for RFC::Prefix all classes with PEAR_.

- allow to remove the category name from the package name (this is not in the RFC) The last point would allow us to name a new major version of Structures_DataGrid "PEAR_DataGrid" which is short and descriptive enough. Of course, some packages need to retain the category name, e.g. DB_Table, HTML_Table and Console_Table.

You are asking about re-categorizing the packages... this is unrelated to prefixing with PEAR_.

No, it's very much related to the prefixing. It has nothing to do with re-categorizing, but is an idea that could make the PEAR_ prefix more reasonable, especially because of the long package name that it could cause (think of PEAR_Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer [=> PEAR_Excel_Writer]). The packages should of stay in the same categories as now. Example: Structures_DataGrid could get for a new major release the name PEAR_DataGrid, but will stay in Structures category.

We have always allowed multiple category prefixes (or even top level packages) in the past. Its a question of how many subpackages are expected and how great the risk of a namespace clash with another package from a different category is. regards, Lukas