Re: Namespace pollution

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> I propose the following policy:
> 
> No package shall create without approval any command name (or
> corresponding manpage):
> 
> 1. not matching the regexp ^[a-z0-9]..
> 2. matching ^... if it creates more than two such
> 3. matching [^-+._,a-z0-9], or
> 4. which is a single common dictionary word

Do you mean "common-dictionary word" or "dictionary common-word"?  The
latter would include, I believe, words like:  at, is, an, then, there,
etc., etc.

If it's the former, then I think that is too restrictive.

I'd also make a statement exempting traditional unix commands.

Other than that, it seems a good goal.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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