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List:       opensuse-packaging
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-packaging] Re: Python packages naming rules
From:       Sebastian <sebix () sebix ! at>
Date:       2017-08-18 14:20:39
Message-ID: 4eeba470-f887-0b30-1edc-9e49d70a1211 () sebix ! at
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On 08/18/2017 03:34 PM, jan matejek wrote:
>> Then there is the more specific naming policy for python packages which
>> says the package must be called "python-$pypiname". It does not mention
>> any exceptions (at least I haven't found any). In the above example the
>> pypi's name is "gogs-client" and results in
> The issue with your request is the discrepancy in the package's PyPI identifier. Upstream seems to
> think the name should be "gogs_client", but uploaded as "gogs-client", except the filename is still
> "gogs_client".
>
> Upstream sometimes does that, and PyPI does nothing to stop them.
> Such is the world we live in.
>
> As I wrote on the request, "_" and "-" are treated the same by PyPI ecosystem. "pip install
> gogs-client" and "pip install gogs_client" are identical. So IMHO using "python-gogs-client" as the
> package name is equally correct as "python-gogs_client".
If both names are valid (the name in eg. the URL and the name of the
archive), should the other name then be provided?

Sebastian

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