pear module naming

[Charles Fry]

Hi,

Currently PHP Pear modules are named php-<name>. Since these modules are
actually libraries would it not be more appropriate for them to be named
lib<name>-php, as is done with Perl and Java libraries (and perhaps
others)?

Charles

[Uwe Steinmann]

Post by Charles Fry
Hi,
Currently PHP Pear modules are named php-<name>. Since these modules are
actually libraries would it not be more appropriate for them to be named
lib<name>-php, as is done with Perl and Java libraries (and perhaps
others)?

It's more like a matter of taste. The python stuff is called
python-<name>. On the other hand there are already libphp-<name>
packages. Would that be another option?
We may also consider that from a users point of view
a pecl extension isn't much different from a pear package. So,
should pecl extensions also be called lib<name>-php?
I always found the name php-<name> and php[4|5]-<name> very
consitent, but I also wouldn't mind to use another naming schema.

Uwe