[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
New submission from Sébastien Celles: Hello, the package name readme conflicts with Python installed site-packages/README file on case-insensitive filesystems (Mac OS X). https://github.com/pypa/readme/issues/26 https://github.com/mgedmin/restview/issues/30 https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!topic/anaconda/AGHXzB1sN0I I wonder if README file should be be renamed README.rst or README.txt or README.md to avoid this issue or if readme package should be renamed. Kind regards -- components: Macintosh messages: 246721 nosy: Sébastien Celles, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py' versions: Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
Changes by Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net: -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file39924/issue24633.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
Robert Collins added the comment: So, README is a valid package name. readme conflicting with README on case insensitive filesystems is a special case, but the general problem remains. We've no particular reason to use README rather than e.g. README.txt, which would open with a much more reasonable program on Windows, and would also remove this problem. -- nosy: +rbcollins versions: +Python 3.5, Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
Ned Deily added the comment: I agree with IIan's comments you cited in https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!topic/anaconda/AGHXzB1sN0I. Python has been installing the README file in site-packages for a very long time and there have been case-insensitive file systems for a very long time, including, but not limited to, the default case-insensitive variant of HFS on OS X. So this seems to be an issue for the readme package, not for Python. Even if the Python-installed README file were installed under a different name in future release, it wouldn't solve the problem for trying to install the readme package under current and past Python releases. CC-ing Donald, as the author of readme, for his comments. -- nosy: +dstufft ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I agree with Robert: renaming the file to README.txt would be a good idea regardless to enable easily opening the file with a GUI editor and as a bonus removes any change of conflict with a package name. The patch looks good to me. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
Ned Deily added the comment: I'm +0 on the name change but, again, it wouldn't solve the conflict problem for potential users of the readme package until 3.6. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue24633] Not a directory: '//anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/readme/__about__.py'
Ned Deily added the comment: (And such a change would only be appropriate in a feature release, as it would complicate things for existing release installers and downstream distributions, etc.) -- stage: - patch review versions: -Python 3.4, Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue24633 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
