scikits-image – Name Change.
Speaking of naming issues, do note that scikits-image has become skimage, although as of 27 December 2011, PyPi – The Python Package Index isn’t aware of the change.
On the other hand, a search for sklearn (the new name for scikit-learn) resolves to the current package name scikit-learn-0.9.tar.gz.
I will drop the administrators a note because the text shifts between the two names without explanation on sklearn.
I got clued in about the change at: http://pythonvision.org/blog/2011/December/skimage04.
So, how do we deal with all the prior uses of the “scikits-image” and “scikit-learn” identifiers that are about to be disconnected from the software they once named?
Eventually the package pages will be innocent of either one, save perhaps in increasingly old change logs.
Assume I run across a blog post or article that is two or three years old with an interesting technique that uses the old names. Other than by chance, how do I find the package under its new name? And if I do find it, how can I save other people from the same time investment and depending on luck for the result?
To be sure, the package search mechanism puts me out at the right place but what if I am not expecting the resolution to another name? Will I think this is another package?