Am 22.06.18 um 10:59 schrieb Joseph Wright: > > We discussed this when I first raised the idea of a list. Unlike some > other areas (e.g. Python code and CPAN), there are no formal > requirements for distributing (La)TeX packages. More importantly, CTAN > set their own approach independent of the LaTeX team. > > Thus the aim of a prefix database is necessarily more 'for information' > than anything 'stronger'. I think if something was requested which > looked extremely problematic, a registration request would be a good > opportunity for discussion. Ultimately, however, the prefix is down to > the package author: it's no good saying 'no we won't log it', only for > the package to go to CTAN anyway but ending up that bit harder for other > developers to see. I haven't said that we should say "we don't log it" not normally anyway, though, for something like "stats", I would think we should add that to the list of reserved ones. My point was more that guidance helps, and of course, in case of problematical requests (in our opinion) a discussion with the author at that point. At least at the time of initial development it is fairly easy to change a prefix (if you are lucky than basically by <@@=prefix> + 2-3 interface commands) > In the case in hand, whilst 'statistics' is quite general, it's also > pretty long and there are a number of alternatives ('stats' or 'stat' > the two most obvious). As I said I would veto something like "stats", as for "statistics" it is long and it might be the package name so it is probably ok. frank