On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/12/20 Baiju M <baiju.m.m...@gmail.com>: >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've noticed that pip converts underscore in the package name to hyphen. >>> >>> $ pip install satchmo_indiapost >>> Downloading/unpacking satchmo-indiapost >>> Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement satchmo-indiapost >>> No distributions at all found for satchmo-indiapost >>> >>> There is a packge with requested name on pypi, but pip doesn't even >>> looking for it. >>> >>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/satchmo_indiapost >>> >>> Is underscore prohibited in the package names? >> >> Check the PJE's replies here: >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2010-March/thread.html#15641 > > Quoting PJE: > > "It's a valid project name character; what it's not is a *canonical* > project name character." > > What is this *canonical* project name? > > Does it mean underscore should be avoided in the project-name for all > practical purposes?
Well, I tried to point out this issue (as you can see in the long thread), but I couldn't succeed, then I stopped using underscore :) Please send your concerns to "distutils-sig". Regards, Baiju M using _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
