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On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 10:23:45PM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2023, Andrew Ammerlaan wrote: |
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> > Each of these is a different package. The package you usually want is |
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> > GitPython, but if we would name it gitpython or git-python, things |
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> > would get very confusing very quickly. In fact, this package was |
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> > renamed precisely to avoid this confusion in [1]. This is not the only |
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> > case where there are very similarly named packages on pypi. By having |
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> > a 1 to 1 mapping between names in pypi and names in ::gentoo we avoid |
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> > this confusion. |
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> Looking at mgorny's list, you cannot have an 1 to 1 mapping anyway, |
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> because that would result in invalid PN names. |
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Should imperfection get in the way of bettering the mapping? |
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