[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1950: allmydataectomy: rename "allmydata" package to "tahoe_lafs" or "tahoelafs"

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#1950: allmydataectomy: rename "allmydata" package to "tahoe_lafs" or "tahoelafs"
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     Reporter:  warner     |      Owner:
         Type:  task       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  packaging  |    Version:  1.9.2
   Resolution:             |   Keywords:  cleanup
Launchpad Bug:             |
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Old description:

> Now that allmydata.com has been dead for like 5 years, it's probably time
> to remove "allmydata" from the package name. This means:
>
> * replace all imports with relative imports (reducing the code impact of
> a rename), which is possible because we now require a python version that
> provides relative imports
> * decide on "tahoe_lafs" or "tahoelafs" or "tahoe" or "TahoeLAFS"
> * rename the {{{src/allmydata/}}} directory to match
> * update the {{{setup.py}}} metadata to match
> * change the name we use for git tags, currently like {{{allmydata-
> tahoe-1.10}}}, maybe to just "1.10" or "v1.10"
> * update the PyPI package, debian/ubuntu packages, etc, if they're using
> the old allmydata-tahoe name

New description:

 Now that allmydata.com has been dead for like 5 years, it's probably time
 to remove "allmydata" from the package name. This means:

 * replace all imports with relative imports (reducing the code impact of a
 rename), which is possible because we now require a python version that
 provides relative imports
 * decide on "tahoe_lafs" or "tahoelafs" or "tahoe" or "TahoeLAFS"
 * rename the {{{src/allmydata/}}} directory to match
 * update the {{{setup.py}}} metadata to match
 * change the name we use for git tags, currently like {{{allmydata-
 tahoe-1.10}}}, maybe to just "1.10" or "v1.10"
 * update the PyPI package, debian/ubuntu packages, etc, if they're using
 the old allmydata-tahoe name

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Comment (by nejucomo):

 There's a subset of this issue about "distribution names", which is
 somewhat separate from python module namespaces which is the package name.
 Observe:

 {{{
 $ lsb_release -a
 No LSB modules are available.
 Distributor ID: Debian
 Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.7 (squeeze)
 Release:        6.0.7
 Codename:       squeeze

 $ apt-cache search allmydata

 $ apt-cache search lafs
 tahoe-lafs - Secure distributed filesystem

 $ apt-cache search tahoe
 tahoe-lafs - Secure distributed filesystem

 $ pip search tahoe
 allmydata-tahoe           - secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant
 filesystem
 tahoe                     - A Flask-based framework that handles the
 tedious things
 pytahoe                   - Python module for working with the Tahoe-LAFS
 filesystem.

 $ pip search lafs
 BaculaFS                  - Bacula Filesystem in USErspace
 pytahoe                   - Python module for working with the Tahoe-LAFS
 filesystem.

 $ pip search allmydata
 allmydata-tahoe           - secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant
 filesystem
 }}}

 Notice that in the pypi namespace (which {{{pip}}} searches, there is a
 collision for {{{tahoe}}}.

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