Re: [Javaweb-submit] Package gnu.posix?

[Nic]

Julian Scheid <address@hidden> writes:

> Note that I've contributed to GNU Classpath (in fact, we may 
> know each other) but I'd like this extension to work, ideally, 
> with any VM and any classlib on any platform. This also means 
> that I may implement a Win32 native layer at a later time,  
> though that layer will merely emulate Posix functionality. So 
> the "posix" attribute will still be valid. 

Hullo Julian!


  
> My questions to you are: 
>  
> Do you think it is a good idea to put this into the GNU 
> namespace to start with? 

Yes.

  
> If yes, do you think "gnu.posix" would be a good choice of a 
> name? I think it would be descriptive, but it might be too 
> near the top. Perhaps "gnu.ext.posix" or something like that 
> would be better suited?  

gnu.posix seems ok to me. The word posix is very unlikely to be
chosen for some other package.

  
> Finally, the project that this package is a spin-off of, a Java 
> interface to GnuPG, will definitely need a place in your  
> namespace.  
>  
> This will be the subject of my next mail. Let me mention at this 
> point that I'd like to put it into "gnu.gnupg" (or "gnu.pg"). 

gnu.gnupg is better.



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Nic Ferrier
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