Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging
by iepathos on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @11:19PM
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Human naming has nothing to do with software naming which seems obvious but apparently not. Python package creators should check the pypi registry for names and generally avoid name collisions where reasonable. Common sense applies for reduced confusion for users globally and also for potential legal issues if any party trademarks their software name. What makes one pyx more real than the other is one was first and took the spot on pypi. Simple as that. https://pypi.org/project/PyX/
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Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging
by almostgotcaught on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @11:53PM
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> https://pypi.org/project/PyX/
the last release is Oct 16, 2022. are we doing this like jerseys - the name is now retired because pyx won all the championships?
Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging
by isodev on Thursday August 14, 2025 @01:35AM
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What are you suggesting? All packages do an annual release with a new beautiful section in their README to justify their existence?
Believe or not, some software can be ”complete”.
Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging
by cyphar on Thursday August 14, 2025 @04:29AM
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That's barely 3 years...? I just released an update for a project I maintain that had had a 4 year gap between releases, but is still heavily used by a lot of people. I dread to think that we live in a world where software has arbitrary expiry dates...?
Some software just needs fewer updates. The actual repo had a few commits last year and even more the year before that.