Updating path.py

[Michael Hoffman]

Robert Kern wrote:
> 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

Great, I'll start by trying that, I was hoping someone already had a 
solution.

Thanks.