[Catalog-sig] Perhaps "PyPI" will do

[Clayton Brown]

Game on... And then people will already know its purpose if they are aware
of the perl equivalent

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Summers [mailto:ehs at pobox.com] 
> Sent: 12 April 2005 17:49
> To: catalog-sig at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Catalog-sig] Perhaps "PyPI" will do
> 
> 
> 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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