Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote: > The "Cheese Shop" name may reflect the > proper cultural bias toward Monty Python, but it's a sure way to alienate > people by presenting the hard work of the community under a completely silly > name that communicates nothing about what it's about.
Well, I don't think it's any worse than CPAN, which doesn't mean anything unless you already know what it stands for. It could even be misleading (suggesting it has something to do with C) or taken as derogatory (since one of the meanings of "pan" is to cast aspersions). As to the alternatives proposed so far, PyPI is too easily confused with PyPy, especially when spoken, and "Package Index" doesn't say it has anything to do with Python. Besides, they're boring. Anyone have any other ideas? I've been trying to make something out of SPAM -- Superlative Python Archive of Modules? -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
