On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Stephen Waterbury wrote: > Jim Fulton wrote: >> Does anyone know if there are existing rules for package names? I >> can't find them if there are. ... > > Well, there is PEP 8, which has this to say on the subject: > > "Package and Module Names > > "Modules should have short, all-lowercase names. Underscores > can be used in the module name if it improves readability. > Python packages should also have short, all-lowercase names, > although the use of underscores is discouraged."
Doh, I was sloppy in my terminology. I should have said "distribution name". We're talking about the names used in PyPI, the Python Distribution index. ;) Also the value passed to the "name" argument of setup. Sorry for the confusion. :) Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
