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From:
Rich Bowen
Date:
August 12, 2001 18:49
Subject:
Namespace changes
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.4.33.0108122138030.24612-100000@rhiannon.rcbowen.com
Anyone know what the accepted procedure is to change the name of a
module? I presume I just have to talk to the modules@perl.org guys,
for the CPAN portion of this. But with regard to changing the name of
a module in such a way that folks using the module don't suddenly find
that their code does not work any more.

Not that millions of poeple are relying on Date::Discordian ...

The name changes would be:

Date::Chinese -> Date::Calendar::Chinese
Date::Discordian -> Date::Calendar::Discordian
Date::Doomsday -> Date::Algorithm::Doomsday
Date::DayOfWeek -> Date::Algorithm::DayOfWeek
Date::Easter -> Date::Algorithm::Easter
Date::ISO -> Date::Calendar::ISO
Date::Leapyear -> Date::Algorithm::Leapyear
Date::Passover -> Date::Algorithm::Passover
Date::SundayLetter -> Date::Algorithm::SundayLetter
Date::ICal -> Date::Calendar::ICal

The only ones of these that I think are actually being used by more
than one person is Date::ICal and perhaps Date::Leapyear.

What have others of you done when you've changed the name of a module?

-- 
Rich Bowen - rbowen@rcbowen.com
Author - Apache Server Unleashed - http://www.apacheunleashed.com/


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