[Pulp-dev] python namespace proposal

[Daniel Alley]

+1

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Jeff Ortel <jortel at redhat.com> wrote:

> +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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