[Import-SIG] Where to discuss PEP 382 vs. PEP 402 (namespace packages)?

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 12, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>Why is this a problem?

% mkdir parent
% mkdir parent/zope.pyp
% touch parent/zope.pyp/__init__.py
% PYTHONPATH=parent python3.2
Python 3.2.3rc1 (default, Mar  9 2012, 23:02:43) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import zope
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named zope
>>> import zope.pyp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named zope.pyp
>>> 
% mv parent/zope{.pyp,}/
% PYTHONPATH=parent python3.2
Python 3.2.3rc1 (default, Mar  9 2012, 23:02:43) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import zope
>>> 

>Delaying adoption of a new feature due to the need to maintain compatibility
>with older versions of Python is hardly a novel situation for a Linux
>distribution.

This PEP was motivated by a problem encountered by vendors, so all else being
equal, we shouldn't trade one vendor problem for another.

More after sleep.
-Barry
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