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PEP: 541
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Title: Package Index Name Retention
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: Łukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>
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Status: Draft
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Type: Process
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Content-Type: text/x-rst
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Created: 12-January-2017
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Abstract
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This PEP proposes an extension to the Terms of Use [1]_ of the Package
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Index [2]_, clarifying expectations of package owners regarding
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ownership of a package name on the Package Index, specifically with
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regards to conflict resolution.
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Existing package repositories such as CPAN [3]_, NPM [4]_, and
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GitHub [5]_ will be investigated as prior art in this field.
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Rationale
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=========
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Given that package names on the Index are sharing a single flat
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namespace, a unique name is a finite resource.
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Specification
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TBD.
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Implementation
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TBD.
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Rejected Proposals
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The original approach was to hope for the best and solve issues as they
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arise without written policy. This is not sustainable. The lack of
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generally available guidelines in writing on package name conflict
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resolution is causing unnecessary tensions. From the perspective of
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users, decisions made by the Package Index maintainers without written
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guidelines may appear arbitrary. From the perspective of the Package
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Index maintainers, solving name conflicts is a stressful task due to
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risk of unintentional harm due to lack of defined policy.
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TBD.
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References
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.. [1] Terms of Use of the Python Package Index
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(https://pypi.org/policy/terms-of-use/)
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.. [2] The Python Package Index
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(https://pypi.python.org/)
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.. [3] The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
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(http://www.cpan.org/)
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.. [4] Node Package Manager
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(https://www.npmjs.com/package/left-pad)
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.. [5] GitHub
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(https://github.com/)
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Copyright
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=========
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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Acknowledgements
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The many participants of the Distutils and Catalog SIGs for their
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ideas over the years.
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