[Pulp-dev] python namespace proposal

[Jeff Ortel]

+1, This sounds good to me.

On 05/11/2017 10:59 AM, Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> We had a brainstorm session today to re-evaluate the previously-identified options, and try to come up with
> some new ones. None of the previously-identified options had enough support to be chosen. See the thread "PyPI
> names for Pulp3" for background.
> 
> To re-cap, we are focused on two related questions:
> 
> 1. What python namespace should Pulp use, since we cannot continue to use "pulp"?
> 
> 2. What PyPI package names should we use?
> 
> I pitched an idea for 1 that everyone on the call liked, which is "pulpcore". It could alternatively be
> "pulp_core", although my pinky finger prefers the former. The group of roughly 10 people who participated in
> the discussion are recommending "pulpcore" for consideration as the python namespace to replace "pulp". Please
> add your feedback to this thread.
> 
> "core" is likable because it implies a plugin architecture. It's similar to the word "platform" that we've
> used extensively, but shorter (which people liked), and perhaps slightly more descriptive (which people also
> liked). Example:
> 
> from pulpcore import streamer
> 
> We discussed renaming what is currently "pulp.platform" to something more descriptive. "platform" is a word
> that's been with us a long time, but it's worth re-considering, especially if we shift to a similar word such
> as "core". "pulpcore.platform" seems awkward.
> 
> A proposal is "pulpcore.apps", since that code is all directly related to the celery app and django app.
> 
> Python namespaces would include:
> 
> pulpcore.apps
> pulpcore.cli
> pulpcore.common
> pulpcore.plugin
> pulpcore.streamer
> 
> For python package names, they would look something like this:
> 
> pip install pulpcore
> pip install pulpcore_cli
> pip install pulpcore_streamer
> pip install pulpcore_common
> 
> Plugins would continue to use their existing namespace and package names, with whatever variations are
> appropriate in Pulp 3. For example:
> 
> import pulp_rpm.plugins
> pip install pulp_rpm_plugins
> 
> Thoughts? Those of you who were part of the discussion, please chime in with any additional points you'd like
> to highlight. 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Michael Hrivnak
> 
> Principal Software Engineer, RHCE 
> 
> Red Hat
> 
> 
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