[Pulp-dev] PyPI names for Pulp3
Brian Bouterse
bbouters at redhat.com
Wed Apr 19 16:02:01 UTC 2017
Two fyi's relating to the names. (1) pulpproj is our twitter handle. Both
pulp and pulpproject were already taken. (2) I agree that pulp3 could be a
headache down the road regardless of if the 3 is for Pulp3 or Python3.
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Jeremy Audet <jaudet at redhat.com> wrote:
> Beware that using a name of "pulp3" can cause packaging issues. Consider
> this scenario:
>
> 1. The (non-Red Hat) pulp application jumps from version 3 to 4.
> 2. Downstream packagers upgrade their (non-Red Hat) "pulp" package
> from version 3 to 4.
> 3. Downstream packagers create a "pulp3" package that provides version
> 3 of the (non-Red Hat) pulp application.
>
> This scenario I just outlined isn't weird or unusual. For example, on my
> system, I can install the following packages:
>
> - python (Python 3.6.0)
> - python35 (Python 3.5.3)
> - python34 (Python 3.4.6)
> - python33 (Python 3.3.6)
> - python32 (Python 3.2.6)
> - python30 (Python 3.0.1)
> - python2 (Python 2.7.13)
>
> How weird would it be if someone started distributing ann unrelated
> "python4" package?
>
> By distributing the (Red Hat) pulp application under the name pulp3, we
> make life harder for downstream package maintainers.
>
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