On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 11:03 PM, P.J. Eby <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 10:40 PM 5/27/2010 +0200, cool-RR wrote: > >> Is there a way that `garlicsim_py3` will install itself under the alias >> `garlicsim`? What I want is for a Python 3 user to be able to `import >> garlicsim` and refer to the module all the time as `garlicsim`, but that it >> will really be `garlicsim_py3`. >> > > Why not just develop them both with the same package name? Your project > name (in setup(name='...')) can still be different. > > Oh, I didn't even know that was possible. That sounds great, and I wish I would have known about this option 6 months ago. If this works well, I'll start converting my entire codebase to this method. Before I jump in, is there anything important I should keep in mind, any possible problems? Also, this is plain setuptools, right? I mean, not requiring Distribute. Ram.
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