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We would pay to reserve datadog on the order of what Steve expressed here:" /> <meta property="og:article:section" content="Packaging" /> <meta property="og:article:section:color" content="ED207B" /> <meta property="article:published_time" content="2024-09-13T03:46:19+00:00" /> <meta property="og:ignore_canonical" content="true" /> </head> <body class="crawler browser-update"> <header> <a href="/"> Discussions on Python.org </a> </header> <div id="main-outlet" class="wrap" role="main"> <div id="topic-title"> <h1> <a href="/t/pep-755-implicit-namespace-policy-for-pypi/63191">PEP 755: Implicit namespace policy for PyPI</a> </h1> <div class="topic-category" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"> <span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a href="/c/packaging/14" class="badge-wrapper bullet" itemprop="item"> <span class='badge-category-bg' style='background-color: #ED207B'></span> <span class='badge-category clear-badge'> <span class='category-name' itemprop='name'>Packaging</span> </span> </a> <meta itemprop="position" content="1" /> </span> </div> </div> <div itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting'> <meta itemprop='headline' content='PEP 755: Implicit namespace policy for PyPI'> <link itemprop='url' href='https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-755-implicit-namespace-policy-for-pypi/63191'> <meta itemprop='datePublished' content='2024-09-07T16:37:02Z'> <meta itemprop='articleSection' content='Packaging'> <meta itemprop='keywords' content=''> <div itemprop='publisher' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop='name' content='Python Software Foundation'> <div itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop='url' content='https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/python1/original/1X/c7591c98caf3b31d4d9c6f322f41ed9d80a50800.png'> </div> </div> <span itemprop='author' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <meta itemprop='name' content='ofek'> <link itemprop='url' rel='nofollow' href='https://discuss.python.org/u/ofek'> </span> <meta itemprop='text' content='Follow-up from the previous thread: PEP 752: Package repository namespaces This is now only related to policy and operational choices for PyPI.'> <div id='post_53' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" rel='nofollow' href='https://discuss.python.org/u/ofek'><span itemprop='name'>ofek</span></a> (Ofek Lev) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2024-09-13T03:46:19Z' class='post-time'> September 13, 2024, 3:46am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2024-09-13T03:46:19Z'> <span itemprop='position'>53</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>I鈥檓 going to post an update soon but I would like to briefly comment on this:</p> <aside class="quote group-committers quote-modified" data-username="steve.dower" data-post="40" data-topic="63191"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/steve.dower/48/56_2.png" class="avatar"> Steve Dower:</div> <blockquote> <aside class="quote group-committers quote-modified" data-username="brettcannon" data-post="35" data-topic="63191"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/brettcannon/48/21723_2.png" class="avatar"> brettcannon:</div> <blockquote> <aside class="quote group-committers quote-modified" data-username="pf_moore" data-post="34" data-topic="63191"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/pf_moore/48/35_2.png" class="avatar"> pf_moore:</div> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Major cloud providers like Amazon, Google and Microsoft have a common prefix for each feature鈥檚 corresponding package</p> </blockquote> <p>Have they indicated that the current situation is a problem for them? Can representatives participate in this thread to make their case?</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>Without officially speaking for my employer, there is a desire to lower the risk of someone mistaking some random person鈥檚 package as being official.</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>I鈥檒l speak officially</p> </blockquote> </aside> <p>I鈥檒l also speak officially on behalf of my employer. We would pay to reserve <code>datadog</code> on the order of what Steve expressed here:</p> <aside class="quote group-committers" data-username="steve.dower" data-post="21" data-topic="61227"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="24" height="24" src="https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/steve.dower/48/56_2.png" class="avatar"><a href="https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-752-package-repository-namespaces/61227/21">PEP 752: Package repository namespaces</a></div> <blockquote> <p>I think any registration should come with a decent sized (thinking five figures annually) bill paid towards PyPI support and maintenance. If you want to claim a chunk of the namespace for yourself, you鈥檇 better <em>really</em> want it.</p> </blockquote> </aside> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1" /> <span class='post-likes'>1 Like</span> </div> <div class='crawler-linkback-list' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ItemList'> <div itemprop='itemListElement' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/ListItem'> <a itemprop='url' href="https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-752-implicit-namespaces-for-package-repositories/63192/48">PEP 752: Implicit namespaces for package repositories</a> <meta itemprop='position' content='2'> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div role='navigation' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement' class="topic-body crawler-post"> <span itemprop='name'> <a itemprop="url" href="/t/pep-755-implicit-namespace-policy-for-pypi/63191?page=3#post_53">show post in topic</a> </span> </div> </div> <footer class="container wrap"> <nav class='crawler-nav'> <ul> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/' itemprop="url">Home </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/categories' itemprop="url">Categories </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/guidelines' itemprop="url">Guidelines </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/tos' itemprop="url">Terms of Service </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/privacy' itemprop="url">Privacy Policy </a> </span> </li> </ul> </nav> <p class='powered-by-link'>Powered by <a href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a>, best viewed with JavaScript enabled</p> </footer> <div class="buorg"><div>Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.discourse.org/faq/#browser">your browser is unsupported</a>. 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