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blackforest/namespace-compat
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Composer Namespace Compat

1.1(11y ago)012LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.3

Since Apr 7Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Composer - Namespace Compat
===========================

[](#composer---namespace-compat)

This composer plugin provides namespace compat. After run of the composer this plugin compiled a new file. The new file provides the old to the new namespace.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Define a requirement for this package in your own composer.json.

    ```
    {
        "require": {
            "blackforest/namespace-compat": "~1.0"
        }
    }
    ```
2. Add this to your own package in the composer.json.

    ```
    {
        "extra": {
            "namespace-compat": {
                "OldNamespace": "NewNamespace"
            }
        }
    }
    ```
3. Run Composer Update: `php composer.phar update`

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can test this plugin with [blackforest/namespace-compat-tests](https://github.com/black-forest-archive/namespace-compat-tests).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4060d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/233a03a2e2f9a5043fc57a6bf4ae998a2364a64a18a1263bdc11167ffb86cba8?d=identicon)[baumannsven](/maintainers/baumannsven)

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Top Contributors

[![baumannsven](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2493263?v=4)](https://github.com/baumannsven "baumannsven (12 commits)")

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Tags

composernamespacecompattransferabandoned

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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