How should I name this package?

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Tue May 20 19:53:45 EDT 2003


"Hartmut Goebel" <h.goebel at goebel-consult.de> wrote in message
news:3eca8631$0$26913$9b4e6d93 at newsread4.arcor-online.net...
> Hi,
>
> I just finished an implementation of the MANAGESIEVE protocol (see
>
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-martin-managesieve-04.txt).
> This is a protocol similar to IMAP for managing (esp. up/download)
SIEVE
> scripts in IMAP/Sieve-Servers.

I have no idea what these are, but looking aesthetically...

> Now I'm unsure about the naming of the package:
> - sievelib.py        like imaplib.py

OK if accurate

> - managesieve.py     since it doe not implement SIEVE scripts, but
>                       the MANAGESIEVE protocol

sieveman.py naively strikes me better

> - managesievelib.py  since most protocol module are called *lib

ugh.  4 syllables is too many.  3 tolerable, especially  if one is
short

> Any comment is welcome.

Hope you meant that ;-)

Terry J. Reedy






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