Re: [ELPA] New package: plz

[Filipp Gunbin]

On 11/05/2022 14:29 -0500, Adam Porter wrote:

> On 5/11/22 13:55, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>> Daniel Martín <mardani29@yahoo.es> writes:
>> 
>>> Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
>>>
>>> [...], I think it's wise to rename the library to something
>>> more descriptive before people start writing packages using it.  It
>>> will be much harder to rename the library later.
>> I would agree, but I know that Adam and I have different opinions on
>> the
>> matter.
>
> I've often advocated for descriptive names when reviewing MELPA
> submissions, but I've also come to appreciate concise, distinctive
> names.  In this case, as I wrote in the commentary, there are already
> packages named url.el, request.el, and http.el (the latter of which
> serves a different purpose altogether).
>
> And I think it doesn't matter here: if someone wonders what plz.el
> does, they can "C-h P plz RET" and find out.  And if someone is
> looking for an HTTP library, they can "M-x list-packages RET / d http
> RET" and find some.

Why not just curl.el ?  I doubt that plz.el is very discoverable for a
http library :-)

Filipp