[py-dev] renaming py and py.test, worth it?

[holger krekel]

Hi Sridhar, 

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 08:16 -0700, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote:
>  I won't mind at this. But as a forewarning it may be a good idea to  
> first provide DeprecationWarning in the next few releases before doing a  
> rename. Something like:
>
>     "DeprecationWarning: The `py.test` package is being deprecated;  
> starting from release 1.5.0 it will be renamed to `xxtest`. Please visit  
> http://xxtest.org/migration-from-py.test.html for details on migration"

Yes, that could be part of the py-1.4 compat package (which
would depend on and use the XXlib and AAtest packages). 

best,
holger

>
> -srid
>
> On 7/13/2010 3:05 AM, holger krekel wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> every now and then i am thinking about a renaming strategy for
>> the py lib.  Main reasons why i want to rename:
>>
>> * "py" is too generic a name
>> * i want to separate py.test and py packages (py.path and other
>>    non-py.test bits are used by quite some projects and it makes
>>    no sense to enforce installation of py.test scripts)
>>
>> Here is the strategy:
>>
>> (1) rename py to XXlib  (XX being any two letters)
>> (2) rename py.test to AAtest (AA being any two letters)
>> (3) provide a script that helps to replace occurences of "import py" etc.
>> (4) maintain and release XXlib and AAtest separately
>> (5) provide a compatibility "py" package that depends on XXlib and AAtest
>>
>> The (4) is actually slightly tricky because with the rename to AAtest
>> the "pytest_*" hooks should be renamed as well.  I can imagine to
>> discover both "pytest_" and "AAtest_" hooks for the first releases
>> after the split.
>>
>> Although i'd aim to minimize the pain this split would certainly cause some.
>>
>> What do you think?
>> Worth it?
>>
>> best,
>> holger
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