[Python-Dev] PEP 382: Namespace Packages (original) (raw)

A.M. Kuchling amk at amk.ca
Wed Apr 15 20:52:21 CEST 2009

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 01:59:34PM -0400, P.J. Eby wrote:

Please see the large number of Zope and PEAK distributions on PyPI as minimal examples that disprove this being the common use case. I expect you will find a fair number of others, as well. ... In other words, the "base package" scenario is the exception these days, not the rule. I actually know specifically of only one other such package besides your mx.* case, the logilab ll.* package.

Isn't that pretty even, then? zope.* and PEAK are two examples of one approach; and mx.* and ll.* are two examples that use the base package approach. Neither approach seems to be the more common one, and both are pretty rare.

--amk

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