[Catalog-sig] Perhaps "PyPI" will do

Ed Summers ehs at pobox.com
Tue Apr 12 18:49:04 CEST 2005


On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:57:14PM +0200, Laura Creighton wrote:
> I think that our problem is that PyPan is _the_ cute, catchy name
> we want.  But alas, Thomas Heller already has it for his package
> manager: http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/pypan/
> 
> But I have no idea how he would feel about giving the name up, and
> how many people this would inconvenience if he did so.  PiPan seems
> free, as is PiePan, but I like my 'Pi' with 'Y' :-)

You know, it might be even cuter to just call it CPAN. CPAN afterall
stands for the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, and could just as
easily be Comprehensive Python Archive Network. 

    cpan.python.org

It has a certain ring to it :)

//Ed


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