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

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> On Oct 26, 2017, at 11:04 PM, Salve J Nilsen <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> David Golden said:
>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Chad Granum <[email protected]> =
wrote:
>>=20
>>> 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.
>>=20
>> Consider, too, if someone else wants to another alternative Thing.
>> Alt::Thing2 -- is that a second Alt::Thing?  Or an alternative of =
Thing2?
>>=20
>> 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.
>=20
> Would adding a field to the META spec about API conformance solve some =
this?
>=20
> api_conforms_to:
>   module: CPAN::Thing
>   version: 2.61
>=20

As a packager, that would certainly make it easier. We've run into 2 =
cpan modules using the same file in the past and had to sort it out. =
This sort of information would be a very helpful thing we could check.

Todd


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