On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 01:51:09PM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote: > > Why would a software package called "Spam" install a top-level module called > > "Jam" rather than "Spam"? Isn't the whole point of Python packages to solve > > this namespace problem? > > That would require/demand that the software package MUST define a > module with its own name, and MUST NOT define any other top-level > modules, and also that package names MUST be unique. (RFC 2119 > keywords.) That would work, as long as those restrictions are > acceptable. > /me notes that setuptools itself is an example of a package that violates this rule )setuptools and pkg_resources). No objections to "That would work, as long as those restrictions are acceptable."... that seems to sum up where we're at. -Toshio -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20121210/68ab3caf/attachment.pgp>
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