Re: Namespacing issues ...

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 08:06:35AM -0500, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> >     First of all, I think we need to "control" the GNOME/ and Bonobo/
> >     namespaces a bit. I mean, we should have some kind of registration
> >     authority for it.
> 
> The idea is good, but I would not like to see this become a pile of
> bureaucracy.
> 
> I do not think problems will arise here.  It is like the problem of
> dealing with /usr/bin executable names.  People will just try to avoid
> used names.

I think perhaps some sort of a "database" should be kept.  Perhaps not
requiring to register namespace names, but it would serve as a way for people
to find if a name is already taken or not.

George

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