Bug: tg-admin can't make 'test' project -- "The package name 'test' is already in use"

[Mats]

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Possible signs of namespace occlusion bugs; you may wish to look for
similar namespace occlusion bugs while fixing this.

Can be a potentially serious source of confusion for new users who
want to make their first project named 'test'.

$ tg-admin quickstart --sqlalchemy
Enter project name: test
Enter package name [test]:
Do you need Identity (usernames/passwords) in this project? [no] yes
The package name "test" is already in use

[Jorge Godoy]

Em Sunday 16 March 2008 16:47:47 Mats escreveu:
> [ This bug was unable to be reported via Trac due to the draconian
> spam filter. The spam filter is preventing users from submitting valid
> bugs! Users are unceremoniously dumped without being given any sort of
> email to send their bug reports to, which is likely to drastically
> reduce quantity and quality of community feedback. ]
>
> Possible signs of namespace occlusion bugs; you may wish to look for
> similar namespace occlusion bugs while fixing this.
>
> Can be a potentially serious source of confusion for new users who
> want to make their first project named 'test'.

I believe that the best solution in this case is special casing "test". It
was a design decision a long time ago to prevent you -- the user of TG --
from creating any application with the name of an already installed module
otherwise you'd have problems after installing such an application.

Other than special casing, I also believe that documentation would do it.

--
Jorge Godoy <jgo...@gmail.com>

[Christopher Arndt]

Jorge Godoy schrieb:

> It was a design decision a long time ago to prevent you -- the user of TG --
> from creating any application with the name of an already installed module
> otherwise you'd have problems after installing such an application.
>
> Other than special casing, I also believe that documentation would do it.

I added this to the list of topics to cover in a to-be-written
quickstart guide:

http://trac.turbogears.org/ticket/1744

Chris

[Patrick Lewis]

It is saying the package named 'test' is already in use. Which is
true.

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-test.html

Perhaps tg-admin could list out the file path of the package so it is
clearer where the conflict is occuring. But other than that, it's a
feature.