<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 16, 2017, at 11:59 AM, Chris Rose <<a href="mailto:offline@offby1.net" class="">offline@offby1.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">(copied from an email I erroneously sent to python-ideas@)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div class=""><div class="">I think the criteria for reuse of a name must include usage limits; if the package is being downloaded on a steady basis by accounts that can't be shown to belong to known integration systems, reuse should not be allowed.</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I agree, which is why the rules for removal of an abandoned project include the following:</div><div><br class=""></div><div>* download statistics on the Package Index for the existing package<br class=""> indicate project is not being used;</div><div><br class=""></div><div>- Ł</div></div></body></html>