Monks,

I maintain a CPAN module Cisco::Management which I wrote / released when I was just learning how to write modules. Needless to say, there is much room for improvement and I've decided to break the monolithic code into sub-modules under the main Cisco::Management grouping.

This requires that I change the current API slightly:

Instead of "use Cisco::Management", it'll be "use Cisco::Management::MODULE"

So I thought I'd take the opportunity to standardize and change existing accessor calls as well as add all the missing ones.

I made note of this in the latest release (0.08) saying it was the last in this line / format. Not sure who actually reads the README / POD.

QUESTIONS

• Should my next release be under the same namespace (Cisco::Management) with initial backward compatibility (warnings) for the new API?
• Should I release the new version under a new namespace (Cisco::Management2, Cisco::SNMP, etc)?
• Any recommendations / previous experience to share?

I don't want to clutter the namespace, abandon a module and start a new one if there is no need. I don't know how many people use this (I'm guessing very few) so impact may be minimal as long as backward compatibility is maintained for the first new API version release.

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