Ticket #708 (closed Task: wontfix)
Java packaging: the "plugins" package should be named "plugin"
Reported by: | jri | Owned by: | jri |
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Priority: | Major | Milestone: | Release 4.4 |
Component: | DeepaMehta Standard Distribution | Version: | 4.3 |
Keywords: | Cc: | dgf, Malte, carolina | |
Complexity: | 2 | Area: | Application Framework / API |
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Description
This seems to be the better wording as a package (corresponds to a folder but) is not a folder.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by jri
- Status changed from accepted to closed
- Resolution set to wontfix
This caused some discussion. As a result this ticket is withdrawn. Best practice seems to be (from http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/75919/should-package-names-be-singular-or-plural):
Use the plural for packages with homogeneous contents and the singular for packages with heterogeneous contents.
So, de.deepamehta.plugins is already a perfect package name as in this case its contents are all implementations of the same concept or type (= plugin), that is homogeneous.