Rename package

[ocefpaf]

Looks like the package was renamed to tables in PyPI and this is creating some confusion for some users. Should we rename it here too? See https://pypi.org/project/tables/#files

[tomkooij]

It has always been tables in PyPI and pytables on (ana)conda. Renaming this here would IMO add to the confusion. (And break existing environment.yml)

I suggest sticking to the current pytables.

[ocefpaf]

Not necessarily. We can add an "alias" package.

[tomkooij]

Not necessarily. We can add an "alias" package.

Ok! I'm not sure which is better:

• A) pytables-feedstock with tables as an alias (which fits with pytables repo and pytables-wheels for wheel building`) : This is more congruent on for devs.
• B) tables-feedstock with pytables as an alias (conda install tables vs pip install tables) : This is more congruent for users.

Option B is better for users I guess. Sinces I'm looking at this more from the dev standpoint I tend to favour option A.

If there is a conda policy to keep names congruent with PyPI, perhaps to avoid package conflicts when using pip in a conda-env, then option B is certainly better.

[ocefpaf]

@msarahan are there any fancy tricks with multiple outputs that we can use here to create both pytables and tables packages?

[msarahan]

sure, just make a metapackage that depends on the "real" one. We do that in our boost recipe to adapt to conda-forge's names: https://github.com/AnacondaRecipes/boost-feedstock/blob/master/recipe/meta.yaml#L174

[ocefpaf]

Awesome! Thanks!!