# Package name suggestions

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-name-suggestions/10596>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 28, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-name-suggestions/10596 "2018-04-28T16:27:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ronis\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ronis_br/32/50999_2.png) [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-name-suggestions/10596/1 "2018-04-28T16:27:53Z")

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Hi guys!

I am about to release a toolbox created at INPE for Julia that has many functions related to Satellite analysis. The plan is to transform this in a “official” Julia package. However, to do so, I need to also make the package with functions related to reference frame conversion a “official” package. The problem is that the package was always called `Rotations.jl` and there is already a package called `Rotations.jl` in Julia.

I am planning to rename the package to `RefFrameRotations.jl`, is it ok?

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-name-suggestions/10596/2 "2018-04-29T02:04:25Z")

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If this is the first public release, I don’t see how renaming could be problematic (except for the existing users insider your organization 😄). Actually, this is probably the best time to choose a longer and more expressive name, following the [guidelines](https://docs.julialang.org/en/latest/manual/packages/#Guidelines-for-naming-a-package-1).

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**Author:** ![Ronis\_BR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ronis_br/32/50999_2.png) [@Ronis\_BR](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ronis_BR)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-name-suggestions/10596/3 "2018-04-29T16:24:44Z")

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Done! Following your advice and the guidelines, I called `ReferenceFrameRotations.jl`, which is nice, and it was submitted to METADATA! Let’s hope everything is fine 🙂

EDIT: [https://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl/pull/14441](https://github.com/JuliaLang/METADATA.jl/pull/14441)