2011/12/20 Baiju M <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Anand Chitipothu <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've noticed that pip converts underscore in the package name to hyphen. >> >> $ pip install satchmo_indiapost >> Downloading/unpacking satchmo-indiapost >> Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement satchmo-indiapost >> No distributions at all found for satchmo-indiapost >> >> There is a packge with requested name on pypi, but pip doesn't even >> looking for it. >> >> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/satchmo_indiapost >> >> Is underscore prohibited in the package names? > > Check the PJE's replies here: > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-March/thread.html#15641
Quoting PJE: "It's a valid project name character; what it's not is a *canonical* project name character." What is this *canonical* project name? Does it mean underscore should be avoided in the project-name for all practical purposes? Anand _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
