On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Yuval Greenfield <ubershme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I realize we don't want to start squat-wars. But pypi's wx is a 5 liner that > absolutely no person would ever want installed. At the least, pip should > warn me when I install "wx" that it's probably not what I'm looking for. This isn't a question for the wxPython project, it's one for the PyPi folks and/or the author of the "other" wx. As it happens, there has been a discussion recently on the distutils list about whether the Pyton community should establish a system for regulating top-level package names -- but at this point, it seems everyone all getting along is where we are at. wxpython is listed on PyPi, what else can we do? This is not a unique situation that someone would accidentally install a different package than they intended. In this case, I suspect that if you installed wxPython on top of that wx, it would just work. Still not a bad idea to suggest the author of the other wx to remove or rename it -- why invite confusion? Last point -- does PyPi have a system for aliases? If so, it might be a good idea to have wxPython in there as wx as well. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
