Re: Standard Library Interest?

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

I could agree that "Baby Steps" are important and that there would be 
some value in setting up some kind of central repository & name 
registry, but two questions:

1) Would the ARG & Vendors be receptive to the end result? They don't 
have to agree to endorse/distribute it up front, but if such a library 
were to exist & meet some expectations, would they get on board? Would 
they be willing to participate to the level of saying what it is they 
want to see in an end product? Would they be willing to sit in on 
periodic reviews to discuss direction, etc.? I'd want to see the effort 
produce something that the ARG and Vendors would *want* to put some 
stamp of approval on and distribute - but I'm not a mind reader.

2) Who is going to play "Editor/Publisher" to make sure that what comes 
in meets some sort of standards of acceptability? It can't be a 
free-for-all with anybody building anything they like with whatever 
style they like and to whatever quality they like, etc. I'd think that 
an editor (or small group of editors) could work with prospective 
authors to make sure they are working on the "right" things and to the 
"right" guidelines. Otherwise, its just another inconsistent mess - but 
all under one roof.

I could see other questions like licensing, etc. coming into the mix 
rather quickly, but for now, I'd just like to see #1 and #2 answered.

BTW: I'd propose "CAL" as the root package name and from there, you can 
have "CAL.Statistics". But be sure to build the statistics stuff 
utilizing whatever comes under "CAL.Containers". ;-)

MDC


Robert I. Eachus wrote:
> 
> Let me propose a baby step forward.  If we do this right we are going to 
> need a central registrar of top level library names.  The ARG has 
> implicitly grabbed Ada, Interfaces, and System, plus all the names of 
> things declared directly in Standard.  I want to work with others on 
> what belongs in Statistics, and as far as I am concerned, any name in 
> Eachus is mine, all mine. ;-)
> 
> But it would be nice to have a central repository of all these names, 
> with links to where the sources can be found (or purchased), and a 
> protocol for allocating names and adjudicating conflicts.  And yes, I'm 
> working on getting my useful libraries organized, documented and 
> available on the web.  If no one else volunteers, I'll start work on it. 
>  But please! wait until we can get a group of people to handle this, and 
> a central web site, perhaps at www.ada-auth.org.  If people do like this 
> idea, then eventually it should become a part of WG9.  There are lots of 
> such registries under ANSI and ISO, so that, for example, every 
> Ethernet  device has a unique ID.
> 

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