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I think JAR (Java Archive) and WAR (Web Archive) make sense. But wheel? It's a wheel of cheese, because pypi used to be called cheeseshop? I mean sure, but doe
by plq 3y ago
I think JAR (Java Archive) and WAR (Web Archive) make sense.
But wheel? It's a wheel of cheese, because pypi used to be called cheeseshop? I mean sure, but doesn't it feel a bit like that 20-year-old tatoo that you got during your teens that you got mixed feelings about today?
My suggestion: Call them pypacks -- extension: .pyp
- incrudible 3y agoJAR itself is a cutesy reference. You put your code in a jar, get it? WAR is perhaps not a cute reference, but it hints at what you'll be facing...
- pdimitar 3y agoThat's why I said jar/war are kind of the exception. They are still recognizable for many though, whereas Nix and Python's names are just WTF.
- pdimitar 3y ago> I mean sure, but doesn't it feel a bit like that 20-year-old tatoo that you got during your teens that you got mixed feelings about today? That's exactly how I view all these "quirky" names btw.
- firesteelrain 3y agoOoooo I like that. pypacks
- bilalq 3y agoAnd then everyone will start confusing them with pip. Though I suppose people already struggle to keep pip vs pip3 vs pip3.9 vs pip3.10 vs pip3.${n} vs pipx vs pipenv straight. Jokes aside, I feel like the names on python are no more terrible than what Java does.