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Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 12:41:08 +0200
From: Patrick Sabin <patrick.just4fun@gmail.com>
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On 2011-05-22 23:23, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 5/22/2011 2:34 PM, Patrick Sabin wrote:
>> I wanted to register my project (epdb) in pypi. Unfortunately there
>> already exists a project with the same name. It is not possible for me
>> to change the name of the project, because I used it in multiple
>> writings. Any ideas how I can deal with the situation? Is it possible to
>> register a project under a different name in pypi than the actual
>> project name?
>
> I presume so. How would pypi know the 'actual' name?
> However, there is a catalog sig list (mirrored as
> gmane.comp.python.catalog) where you might get specific suggestions on
> how to handle this.
>

Thanks for the tip. I will try it there.

-- Patrick