[Distutils] Sooner or later, we're going to have to be more formal about how we name packages.

[holger krekel]

On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 13:51 -0400, Tres Seaver wrote:
> On 06/02/2013 03:10 AM, holger krekel wrote:
> > Somewhat proper import namespacing is only available with very recent
> > python versions which still have a long way to become mainstream.
> 
> I don't understand this claim at all.  W'eve had packages in python for
> fifteen years, and extensible namespace-package support in one form or
> another for eight.  The fact that the Python 3.3 adds support for a new
> spelling doesn't mean they are a new feature.

I stand corrected.  To be honest, i didn't consider the setuptools
extensible namespace support a proper solution but indeed it exists
and is used.

best,
holger

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