Richard Jones' Log: PyPI renaming options

I like the Vault, even if it's not very python-related.

I'd have to go for shrubbery or vault. Vault is probably the easiest name to drop in formal corporate meetings, while shrubbery is obscure enough to get away with it. MOPP sounds too silly either way :)

Does vault clash with the Vaults of Parnassus (http://www.vex.net/parnassus/) or is that site dead?

I've contacted the Vaults people, and am awaiting a response.

I'm not sure about Vault - I think it has too high a potential for confusion.

Parx - Python archives (cross-platform)

Well if you're not going to support shrubbery (which I still think is the best option) I'd have to go for MOPP.

Vault. I hate silly names.

Well my first choice is Shrubbery, with MOPP a close second.

Vault: +1.
Shrubbery: -1.

Y'know, one of the functions of a name is to explain to those who don't already know. Especially important if you are trying to attract new users.

I think "Python Package Index" is pretty darn good. If it's too many syllables or not catchy enough, I'd suggest

Python Packages


Vault will be confused with the highly-related but distinctly diferent Vaults of Parnassus.

Three cheers for Shrubbery!
Hip-Hip-Horay!
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Hip-Hip-Horay!

MOPP is a distant second. :)

Cornucopia: the horn of plenty, source of lots of good stuff. It has an immediately obvious and positive meaning.

The last letters, PIA, could even be made into an acronym (Python Index & Archive, for example).

Yes, it's a new idea. But if none of the existing ones really work, you should remain open to new ideas.

Please don't finalize a choice until one of them just screams "THAT'S IT!"

Vault. It bows down to the history of "Vaults of Parnassus" and has functional meaning.

Something like "Shrubbery" is amorphous in meaning and cute. When I work in Python, I'm very very glad that each module doesn't have its own individual name that has no attachment to its functional purpose. :)

Anything other than "Vault". The Vaults of Parnassus have been around for years - google for "python vault" and see what comes up first. It would be an insult to choose such a similar name. If you a want similar word, why not choose Ark, or Grimoire? Or Pythonomicon?

Of the others, I distinctly prefer Shrubbery.

Why not take Steve Fergis' idea, change the last letter and name it Park?

It can be parsed in several different ways: Python Ark, Python Archive, the place where you Park your Python packages, etc...

python galaxy :-)

Please, for the sake of us promoting Python in corporatations, choose a descriptive name that doesn't undermine the serious utility of Python with excessive cuteness. If "they" find out how fun it is to program in Python, they won't want to pay us to do it! (After all, everything fun is dangerous or unhealthy, right?)

Python Package Index is already great, but perhaps the short form "PyPI" doesn't work. I'll second Python Packages which has the possible short form "PyPack," but the module name "packages" seems good and clear. I don't think web sites, or much of anything for that matter, need Fortran-esque six character titles-- pithy not pointless! I'll also second (with a twist) Python Package Archive, which can be called the "Python Park" or given the module name "park" if you like.

I am sure that more good ideas will come from the community in time.

What about PyPark?

It parses as Python Package Archive or Python Package Ark.

I'm sorry to add fuel to the fire, but I think PyNest could be a nice name too...

Otherwise, I really like Vault.

I like MOPP. Very (Monty) pythonic, yet the full name includes "Python Packages" making it pretty clear what it's about. The same can't be said for "Shrubbery".

• PyPIN - Python Package Index Network
• PyPAN - Python Package Archive Network
• The Bookshop (Now, that's pythonic!)

Sorry, but the original names don't speak to what it is.

I like pyPack (Python Packages), or Park (Python Archives)

Park (Python Archives) sounds good, is easy to remember, and meaningful. I think for a project of this kind it's important to stay away from things that might not sound "professional" (as far as management is concerned, anyway).

...and the reason I threw in with a new name was that I agree with Anon-muse, the three on your pared-down list just don't speak to me on what the Python Package Index is.

Sorry, but all these are ridiculous and have nothing that recalls Python.

What's the big problem with PyPI ?

Why not Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious then ?

Definitely Shrubbery!

Vault sounds like it means something and MOPP is yet another not-funny abbreviation. Shrubbery is bold and unusual.

A web page needs to get found.

Querying google.com:

Results 1 - 10 of about 11,300,000 for vault [definition]. (0.13 seconds)

Results 1 - 10 of about 125,000 for vault python. (0.22

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,730,000 for shrubbery [definition]. (0.30 seconds)

Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500 for shrubbery python. (0.30 seconds)

Check others yourself. :)

I know you said no new suggestions but this is similar to MOPP but I feel TOPP sounds better.

TOPP - Treasury of Python Packages

Please, let's use something non-silly and something pithy, so if nothing new is permissible, that leaves us with Vault or Python Vault.

(Note that there's some kind of source management package called Vault, which might be confusing.)

MOPP +1

Although it could be transformed into

ROPP (Repository of Python Packages)

to make it more palatable to "serious" users

Another problem with Vault is there is a commercial source control package by that name.

I think "MOPP" is a stupid name. First of all it sounds like some cleaning stuff to me and secondly it is difficult to pronounce with that extra 'P'. What do you mean by "Ministry of Python Packages" anyway!

Vault is too silly and too common.

Shrubbery is a much better choice. My vote is for Shrubbery.

vault: too generic, other ppl use it
shrubbery: sounds cool (but funny)
MOPP: yet another acronym prrrt

+1 shrubbery