Updating path.py

[Robert Kern]

On 7/26/10 5:16 PM, Michael Hoffman wrote:
> I have been using Jason Orendorff's path.py module for a long time. It is very
> useful. The only problem is that Python 2.6 deprecates the md5 module it
> imports, so I (and others using my software) now get this warning whenever they
> start, which is a little annoying.
>
> /homes/hoffman/arch/Linux-x86_64/lib/python2.6/path-2.2-py2.6.egg/path.py:32:
> DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
>
> The original web page is gone, and e-mails to the author have gone unanswered.
> It has a "public domain" license so I could easily fork it and make this small
> change. The question is what is the best way to do that and ensure continuity
> with the previous versions. Can I (or someone else) take over the PyPI entry in
> question? Other suggestions?

You cannot "take over" a project on PyPI. You can only fork the project with a 
new name. In fact, this has already been done:

   http://pypi.python.org/pypi/forked-path/0.1

-- 
Robert Kern

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  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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