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What package name to choose for a small, open-source Java project?

I write Java (and derivative languages with package names) for personal use, but I don't have a personal domain name, so the standard packaging naming convention doesn't hold. Since the same convention is used in Maven group-id's, the problem is the same there.

What should I use for the root of my package name?

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C. Ross
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com.ross
org.ross
personal.ross

Really, who cares? It's probably not important if you don't know what to choose. Or you wouldn't ask.

Florian Margaine
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One idea would be to use your name, like org.cross.

sourcenouveau
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Imagine you'd get a domain. I'd bet neither org.cross nor com.ross from the other answers are free, but something more complicated is. Go to a web domain registrator page and query what's free (you don't need to buy or reserve the domain). This is how I'm doing it since years; I still need no domain, but the one I chose is still free.

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