[Catalog-sig] PyPI trove classifiers for alternate language implementations

[Michael Foord]

Whilst we're considering new classifiers - any word on this one?

Michael

On 16 October 2011 16:06, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 16 September 2011 00:18, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
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>> Michael Foord wrote:
>> > On 15 September 2011 15:24, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Programming Language - Python - Implementation - CPython
>> >>>> Programming Language - Python - Implementation - pypy
>> >>>> Programming Language - Python - Implementation - jython
>> >>>> Programming Language - Python - Implementation - IronPython
>> >>>
>> >>> Opinions on this proposal? (including the specific spelling,
>> >>> leaving alone that the separator is ::, not -)
>> >>
>> >> Better user CPython, PyPy and Jython for consistency with the
>> >> other Trove spellings.
>> >>
>> >> I'm -0 on the "Implementation" part. Do we really need this ?
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Jython, PyPy and CPython are not "programming languages" they're
>> > implementations of the Python programming language - so I would prefer
>> to
>> > differentiate like this.
>>
>> Well, yes, but if you look at the OS section of the Trove list
>> you also find different implementations of BSD under the
>> BSD category:
>>
>> Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD
>> Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD :: BSD/OS
>> Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD :: FreeBSD
>> Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD :: NetBSD
>> Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD :: OpenBSD
>>
>>
> Well, they're BSD variants whereas pypy (and other implementations) aim
> very much not to be variants. I'd still rather see them listed under a
> Python implementation sub-classifier but it isn't a big deal.
>
>
>> (just to take one exmaple)
>>
>> See http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers for the full
>> list.
>>
>> Also note that Cython is listed as:
>>
>> Programming Language :: Cython
>>
>>
> That's correct. Cython is a programming language not an implementation. I
> would include Shedskin as a programming language rather than an
> implementation too. Listing implementations as programming languages loses
> the ability to make this distinction at the classifier level (and is also
> *incorrect* to my mind).
>
>
>
>> even Zope is listed as programming language:
>>
>> Programming Language :: Zope
>>
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>
> That's odd. :-)
>
>
>
>>
>> so there isn't all that much consistency in the naming.
>>
>> BTW: Stackless is missing from your list.
>>
>>
>
> Right. Stackless should probably be on the list as libraries may depend on
> Stackless features.
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>>  >> Also: What about release versions of those implementations ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> > We could always add those later if anyone really wanted them (for
>> Python we
>> > have the broad "Python" *plus* version specific categories). In other
>> words,
>> > YAGNI (for now).
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> >
>> >> Jython and IronPython appear to follow the CPython release
>> >> versions, but PyPy uses its own version scheme.
>>
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