[Mono-devel-list] ADO.NET driver upgrade - class naming and namespace query

[Tim Anderson]

I've been working on the Mono Sqlite 2.x client 
(http://www.go-mono.com/sqlite.html) in order to make it work with
Sqlite 
3.0. I haven't done much yet with Mono itself, but I find this code
useful 
for working with Sqlite in Microsoft .NET; I'll also try it with Mono
itself. I'm wondering what would be the 
best way to name the classes.

The Sqlite data format changed from version 2.x to 3.x, so I need a 
different set of classes for the new version. Currently the namespace is

Mono.Data.SqliteClient, and within this there are classes such as:

SqliteConnection
SqliteCommand
SqliteDataReader
etc

My first instinct is to add new classes in the same namespace:

SqliteConnection3
SqliteCommand3
SqliteDataReader3
etc

This way, you can use the version 2.x and 3.x clients side by side.
However, 
another approach is to create a new namespace, say
Mono.Data.SqliteClient3, 
and stick with the old class names. Or to have a new namespace *and* new

class names.

Is there any guidance as to what is best practice here, either for
ADO.NET 
or for .NET generally?

Tim