[Python-Dev] PEP 382: Namespace Packages

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat May 9 13:40:48 CEST 2009


>> Right: if all portions install into the same directory, you can have
>> base packages already.
> 
> Speaking as a user of packages, this use case is one I hardly ever encounter
> with the Python software/modules/packages I use. The only ones that spring
> to mind are the mx.* and ll.* packages. The rest simply create their own
> namespace as <package>.*, but there's nothing that uses that same namespace
> and installs separately from the base package that I know of.

There are a few others, though: zope.*, repoze.*, redturtle.*, iw.*,
plone.*, pycopia.*, p4a.*, plonehrm.*, plonetheme.*, pbp.*, lovely.*,
xm.*, paste.*, Products.*, buildout.*, five.*, silva.*, tl.*, 	tw.*,
themerubber.*, themetweaker.*, zc.*, z3c.*, zgeo.*, z3ext.*, etc.

Regards,
Martin



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