[Rails-core] Namespaced actions in Rails 1.1?

[Wilson Bilkovich]

On 2/26/06, David Heinemeier Hansson <david.heinemeier at gmail.com> wrote:
> So Rake 0.7 allows for namespaces in actions. It's mighty nice. rake
> db:schema:import and rake db:schema:export whips the llama's ass on
> db_schema_import/export. It makes it much to organize tasks. Yay, yay.
>
> But how does this relate to backwards compatibility? What would happen
> if the next release changed all the tasks over to be namespaced? Who
> and want would break? I'm coming up short with ideas on where it would
> be a problem, but I'd like to hear if others have some dependencies on
> the specific rake names.

Perhaps a better question might be: "Is this change likely to get
easier or harder after Rails 1.1?"
If it's going to happen, it should probably happen before too many
more users reference the old task names.

Presumably SwitchTower would break, but the fix shouldn't exactly be
rocket science.