Re: On Not Merging new and old behavior ( was Re: Test-Stream + MongoDB scalar refcount issue )

I like the Test2 Idea, mind if I upload a module real quick to first-come
the namespace? or are you going to claim it?

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Aristotle Pagaltzis <[email protected]>
wrote:

> * David Golden <[email protected]> [2015-05-02 19:35]:
> > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Kent Fredric <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > That is, conceptually, its possible that a misguided author of
> > > a distribution at the same level as say, Test::Differences, thinks
> > > it wise to simply rewrite their existing code in the new framework.
> >
> > We've seen that horror show in Dancer/Dancer2 around plugins.
> >
> > I think that if we ship a Test::More2, then such a release should
> > encourage people to leave Test::Foo alone and fork it to Test::Foo2
> > instead. Then a new ecosystem can build up around it without
> > sacrificing the existing one.
>
> It just occurred to me the other day that it might make sense to call
> the new thing Test2. So we would get “Test2::Differences” and suchlike.
> Then the ecosystems would be distinct from each other on sight.
>
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>