Preparation for going public

[semanticphilosopher]

Steps we want to do before we make this public

Making public means

• Rename the repository to something more meaningful
• upload appropriate parts to hackage

To do this we need to

• decide the final public names
• remove dead code
• add issues for the interesting parts of the code we removed. #64
• put version numbers to 1.0.0.0
• ensure authorship is sorted
• Issues to resolve before 'active publication' #63
• Flip arguments of quantile #90

[semanticphilosopher]

Can we have some suggestions for the repository name (reply to here)?
Am assuming that the hackage name is 'DeltaQ'?

[HeinrichApfelmus]

The popular choice for package names on Hackage seems to be lower-case: deltaq.

[semanticphilosopher]

The popular choice for package names on Hackage seems to be lower-case: deltaq.

I think that I prefer mixed case over hyphen:

• DeltaQ
• over delta-q
• over deltaq (which might get pronouced as 'del-tak')

[HeinrichApfelmus]

Concerning naming choice for the package on Hackage: For the record, there is a StackOverflow answer with the following recommendation:

The package name is an arbitrary identifier […]. Its conventional to make it all lower case with hyphens between words
[…]
Also thanks to the different rules about capital letters in pathnames between Windows and Linux there can be confusion, so its best to stick to lower case.

(Package names will appear in file path names.)

According to Microsoft,

Windows file system treats file and directory names as case-insensitive. FOO.txt and foo.txt will be treated as equivalent files.

All Apple file systems are case-insensitive as well — that includes the old HFS, HFS Journaled, and the current APFS. However, all of them can be instantiated in a case-sensitive variant.

🤓😅

[semanticphilosopher]

ok, I am persuaded - deltaq it is - we can tell people how to pronounce it and why it is the 'change in quality' as part of the package description

[HeinrichApfelmus]

In order to finalize the decision on names, I have taken the liberty to add pronunciation information in #86.

[HeinrichApfelmus]

Preparations complete. Engage!