Reclaiming names on pypi

sylhare / nprime

:100: Prime numbers algorithms in Python

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Reclaiming names on pypi #24

Closed Erotemic closed 4 years ago

Erotemic commented 4 years ago

I noticed that you had recently renamed pyprime to nprime because of conflicts on pypi.

Just so you are aware, there is a process for reclaiming names (https://pypi.org/help/#project-name-claim) if an existing project is unused / unmaintained. Its possible the the authors of the pyprime or prime module might relinquish the module name if you ask. They don't look highly used.

sylhare commented 4 years ago

Allo, what is this one about?

Erotemic commented 4 years ago

Hit submit too soon, sry. Main text is updated. This is the last issue for today, I promise.

sylhare commented 4 years ago

Ah I see thanks, I didn't know that. Should I rename the package though? I kinda liked pyprime at first but then I found nprime was ok. 🤷

I'll look into it, I wouldn't want people using the package to be lost if it suddenly gets changed 🤔

Erotemic commented 4 years ago

If you currently have a lot of users, its best to not make breaking changes. However, I do agree that pyprime sounds nicer. It is possible to host the same package under two names, raise a deprecation warning for one name, and point to the new name. That's generally the best way to handle a name-switch if the package is used. However, if there are just a few users it isn't to hard to contact them and give them a heads up.

Ultimately, its up to you if you want to pursue a name change or if you are happy with nprime. I think its a fine name, but I do agree pyprime sounds nicer. I just saw your note that "pyprime is dead", so I wanted to make sure you knew that there is a process to reclaim the name if you really want it.

What's the motivation behind the n in nprime? Is it just n for number?

sylhare commented 4 years ago

Yeah it's for n number 😅 Let's say I don't think there is a massive amount of people using the package. I'll go check out for pyprime ;)

sylhare commented 4 years ago

Because I see two:

https://pypi.org/project/pyprimes/ that says "Generate and test for prime numbers." but seems abandoned
https://pypi.org/project/pyprime/ that says "Base module for accessing Cisco PI API" which is totally not about primes

And Pypi don't remove projects solely because they are abandoned. With pyprimes and pyprime, you always have the risk of getting confused for the other abandoned one. 🤔

Erotemic commented 4 years ago

That's fair, maybe its best left as nprime.