Re: Confirming PAUSE operating model safe harbor for Alt::* distributions

David Golden said:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Chad Granum <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a small objection to putting an alt module in a namespace other
>> than alt: It is less obvious. If I see Alt::Thing I will simply know it
>> will replace Thing.
>
> Consider, too, if someone else wants to another alternative Thing.
> Alt::Thing2 -- is that a second Alt::Thing?  Or an alternative of Thing2?
>
> Possibly namespacing like Thing::Alt::Boring would then allow
> Thing::Alt::Spiffy, etc.  But I don't want to have explicit rules about
> this.  I think intent is more important.

Would adding a field to the META spec about API conformance solve some this?

api_conforms_to:
    module: CPAN::Thing
    version: 2.61


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