I recently got my registered name with PAUSE, and am well into development of my first module. Reading the PAUSE docs it said I should discuss a namespace with the community and work out any issues, and I though PerlMonks might be a good place to do that.

I am looking to use the namespace Gnift, (pronnounced niff-t) standing for GNu Internet File Transfer. The goal of the project is to provide a unified interface to various methods to transfer files, such as DBI does for databases and LWP does for url grabs. I am using the API in Graham Barr's Net::FTP that way I figure many people can easily switch their current applications to use Gnift. Right now it uses Net::FTP as a backend for FTP transfers, and have it partially working with SSH transfers using Net::SSH::Perl (which btrott has been VERY helpful with ++).

Should this be under an existing namespace, like Net::Gnift? I'm thinking not, since packages like DBI and LWP are sitting at the top level, but I don't claim to know everything. :)

Input will be much appreciated (ideas on the module itself may be helpful, too).

                - Ant

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