Re: OT: "getmail6" name switch

In-Reply-To: <YXiScmyL36/[email protected]>

On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 05:42:42PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Stefan Krah wrote:
> > 
> > There is no empathy for original software authors in the Python "community".
> > "getmail6" is also name squatting on PyPI under the name "getmail":
> 
> Wow, I didn't know that.  Another dick move.  It's not even "getmail6", he's
> just flat-out squatting on getmail.
 
See below


> > I found it very easy to submit a patch to you.
> 
> That's good to hear.  I've never had *any* complaints about this in
> twenty-plus years of getmail.
> 
> > People are also underestimating the 2to3 trickery. getmail has to deal
> > with unicode, file system encoding, ssl and all things that make a robust
> > conversion difficult.
> 
> Thank you.  Too many people think it's just a matter of running 2to3.  Even
> just "run 2to3 and fix breakages until it runs" is not a viable strategy.


A possible way out is that the "2to3 getmail" gets a new name.

With a new name can the pip stuff updated.



Regards
Geert Stappers
In an attempt to make it less personal.
In an serious attempt that this becomes a fight.
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