On Jul 24, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: > After some discussion, it seems that nobody really likes > the name "cheeseshop" for the Python Package Index, > and some people seem to actively hate it. > > So I'm going to change the name (again/back): the software > will call itself "Python Package Index", abbreviated as > pypi (PyPI where case matters). The machine address > cheeseshop.python.org will continue to work for a > foreseeable future, but will not be actively advertised.
I think this is progress. I'll note that "Package Index" is somewhat misleading, because it actually indexes distributions, not packages. A more precise name would be pydi and wouldn't be so easily confused with pypy. (Jim ducks. Jim looks forward to pydi tee shirts.) 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
