Name allocation (was: RE: Haskell library infrastructure coordinator)

[Simon Marlow]

Peter Simons writes:
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> I'd like to have complementary libraries in there. For instance: I
> have written a set of QuickCheck combinators, which can be used to
> generate random expressions to test parsers. If this were to be added
> to "hslibs", it would probably go to "Debug.QuickCheck.Parser".
>=20
> Of course, we could add a prefix like "HSLibs" to _all_ libraries
> included in the repository, to make sure they don't collide with the
> standard ones, but IMHO this is overkill.

It's also not a guarantee that your libraries won't collide.  The only
way (currently) to have such a guarantee is to use User.To.Cryp.Simons
as the root of your library tree.

Perhaps there's a demand for a part of the hierarchy that is a "free for
all", with no formal process for acquiring names, where collision is "at
your own risk".  Suggestions for the root name for this hierarchy are
welcome: Unstable or Temp perhaps?

Cheers,
	Simon