On 9/12/05, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If they have compatible APIs. > > So: if they are compatible, then yes, they should cover the same > namespace, and then each should Provide the same package name. > > Or, if they are not, they should provide different symbol names. > > Or, as a second-best, they could be in different file names, with > colliding symbol name spaces. > > Or, as the absolutely worst, they could be the same file name and the > packages could conflict. > > Unfortunately, the last "solution" has been chosen.
Just wondering, why? Is it that hard to enable 'different' symbols?
