[python3-ldap] R: Library name change?

[Brian Stinson]

Would python-python3ldap and python3-python3ldap be more acceptable
distro package names? That might help reduce any confusion with
Michael's python-ldap

Brian

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On Oct 28 17:15, Python3-ldap wrote:
> I agree with Michael, to avoid clashes I prefer to keep the current name for the library. Obviously this regards the package on pypi only, distribution mantainers are free to follow best practices for their distributions.
> 
> Bye,
> Giovanni
> 
> ----- Messaggio originale -----
> Da: "Michael Ströder" <michael at stroeder.com>
> Inviato: ‎27/‎10/‎2014 20:13
> A: "python3ldap" <python3ldap at gmail.com>
> Cc: "python3-ldap at python.org" <python3-ldap at python.org>
> Oggetto: Re: [python3-ldap] Library name change?
> 
> python3ldap wrote:
> > I see a possible name clash with the former python-ldap from Michael
> > Stroeder because the two libraries are (still) not compatible:
> > python-ldap3 should be misinterpreted as a newer release of
> > python-ldap. It should be useful to know if Michael has intention to
> > port its library to python3 officially or not, because in the latter
> > case we could use that name anyway.
> 
> I definitely want to avoid name clashes since there may be a python-ldap
> release for Python3 in the future.
> 
> The following module name spaces are used by python-ldap:
> ldap
> ldif
> dsml
> ldapurl
> 
> So please rename to something else.
> 
> Though I definitely expect people to confuse package names:
> python-ldap3-0.9 with python-ldap-3.0 and
> python3-ldap3-0.9 with python3-ldap-3.0
> 
> Ciao, Michael.
> 

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