mobie/mobie-utils-python

Names

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martinschorb commented

Hi,

I just stumbled 😕 when installing the package in a fresh Conda environment and noticed:

  • the repo is called mobie-utils-python
  • the conda package is called mobie_utils
  • the python package is called mobie

Could we make that more consistent?

constantinpape commented

Changing the python or conda-forge name would be quite a lot of work.
Changing the repo-name would be easy, but I actually think that having "python" in the repo name is helpful.
In general, this is what documentation is for: https://github.com/mobie/mobie-utils-python#installation

martinschorb commented

I understand the potential complications, nevertheless the situation got me confused and it took me ~1.5 minutes to realize why.
Having the conda and python package name consistent (as most packages without a - do) would make checking the documentation before each installation unnecessary.

constantinpape commented

I won't change the python name, a lot of code I have depends on this and this would be an absolutely undue effort to change it for some minor convenience.
Changing the conda name:

  • I don't know if that's even possible (it might cause issues with the conda-forge infrastructure)
  • I don't think that mobie is a good conda name, since it could imply that this installs the actual mobie (since conda is not an exclusive pytohn packaging system)
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martinschorb commented

Makes sense.
Let's see if others have the same issue. And an extra minute for checking documentation before installing it should be feasible.

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