Re: Cheeseshop

Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> The "Cheese Shop" name may reflect the 
> proper cultural bias toward Monty Python, but it's a sure way to alienate 
> people by presenting the hard work of the community under a completely silly 
> name that communicates nothing about what it's about.

Well, I don't think it's any worse than CPAN, which
doesn't mean anything unless you already know what
it stands for. It could even be misleading (suggesting
it has something to do with C) or taken as derogatory
(since one of the meanings of "pan" is to cast
aspersions).

As to the alternatives proposed so far, PyPI is
too easily confused with PyPy, especially when
spoken, and "Package Index" doesn't say it has
anything to do with Python. Besides, they're
boring.

Anyone have any other ideas? I've been trying to
make something out of SPAM -- Superlative Python
Archive of Modules?

--
Greg