[python3-ldap] Library name change?

[Will Yardley]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 12:23:25AM +0200, python3ldap wrote:

> I've been asked to change the name of the library from python3-ldap to
> python-ldap3. This makes sense because the library is still agnostic about
> the Python interpreter and is strictly following version 3 of the
> LDAP protocol.

I have always thought the name doesn't sound right as-is, especially
since it has Python 2 compatibility. I think python-ldap3 makes a lot
more sense (though tying it into the version of the LDAP protocol,
rather than into the iteration of the python-ldap library, e.g.,
python-ldap2) potentially does make the name obsolete if there's ever a
new version of the LDAP protool (possibly unlikely at this point, I
guess).

A few thoughts, though:
1) I'm wondering if it's possible to make the library use native Python 3
libraries when available in the case where you've had to re-create
Python 3 functionality for compatibility with 2, and defining the things
that do need to be back-ported in as central a way as possible.

2) Given the complaint mentioned by another poster on this topic, is
there a way to make the module allow the old name to continue to work
for backwards compatibility?

w