Re: new software Gtk2::GIS

["Ross McFarland" <rwmcfa1 neces com>]

Jörn Reder said:
> Ari Jolma wrote:
>
> > I've just uploaded to sourceforge a set of new versions of my libral,
> > Geo::Raster and of Gtk2::GIS which is a new Perl module. Gtk2::GIS is a
> > simple, but hopefully powerful, GIS which builds on Perl/Gtk2, a new
> > Gtk2 widget for displaying rasters (subclassed from ScrollableWindow),
>
> Sounds interesting. But what about renaming your module to
> Gtk2::Ex::GIS? By convention Perl only Gtk2 extensions should reside in
> the Gtk2::Ex:: namespace, not straight under Gtk2::, which is reserved
> for the Gtk2 bindings themself. (To prevent such namespace issues it's
> always recommended to announce a new module and request a namespace on
> the list before releasing it ;)

Gtk2::Ex started out as a name space for perl only modules, but after further
thought and discussion it made sense that anything that's not part of the core
gtk+ package should be bound there. so whether it's perl-only, perl-xs, or
perl-xs-c it goes in Gtk2::Ex if it's not in gtk+.

later,
-rm