namespace for released packages?

[Irmen de Jong]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> Third party packages are generally put in the site-packages directory.  So
> far, there has not be much problem with name clashes.

I experienced only one problem so far:
you probably know Pyro (Python Remote Objects), which I wrote.
Much later there was somebody else who did some stuff with
Python and Robotics, and also called his project "pyro"...
http://pyro.sourceforge.net
http://pyrorobotics.org

Now, if you only use one or the other, you're safe, but
there was this person that needed to use *both* at the same
time. What would be the best solution in this case?

I was (and still am) not prepared to change my project's name
or package name because it has been around much longer and is by now
commonly recognised...


--Irmen de Jong.