Re: Your module DateTime::WorkingHours

Dave Rolsky wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Jozef Kutej wrote:
> 
>>> I noticed you released a module DateTime::WorkingHours recently. I'd
>>> prefer that folks not release modules under the DateTime namespace
>>> without talking to the [email protected] list about it first. In
>>> particular, the namespace you've chosen doesn't really fit within the
>>> DateTime namespace guidelines (see
>>> http://datetime.perl.org/index.cgi?NamespaceStandards)
>>
>> Sorry, I didn't know. I got fast "inspiration" from
>> DateTime::BusinessHours. But as I look now it doesn't have a log
>> "history".
> 
> Heh, I contacted the author of that module too but he never replied.
> 
>>> Would you mind posting something to the [email protected] list to
>>> discuss both the name and API of your module? Alternately, if you don't
>>> want to do that, I'd appreciate it if you'd rename the module so it
>>> doesn't start with "DateTime::".
>>
>> I don't mind to think of any different name (inside or outside of
>> DateTime::). What are the suggestions?
> 
> Well, if you want it in the DateTime:: namespace, we should discuss the
> API first on the list. The key is to make sure that the API looks like
> any similar modules.
> 
> In this particular case, I'm not sure there _are_ any similar modules,
> which is all the more reason to get the API right this time, so that any
> similar modules that come along later have a model to follow.
> 

I have renamed the module to Time::WorkHours.

Regards,
Jozef

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