A proposal for contributed module names

Jim Blandy (jimb@red-bean.com)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 18:39:59 -0500

>I think the module name needn't identify the source (core vs. contrib
>vs. goldman-sachs). It seems to me that each source corresponds to an
>element of the load path:

Another way to see this is to realize that all sources should be able
to contribute to each category. If we have a "net" classification,
that might include modules in the Guile core (few, I hope), things
obtained from third parties, and things you've written yourself.

Hopefully modules will change categories; I'm especially interested in
facilitating the "personal" to "contrib" transition.

Which suggests to me that the source shouldn't be part of the name
that gets embeded in everyone else's sources.