Bug 263589

Summary:	[AutoInstall] Handle namespaces packages
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Jonathan Bedard <jbedard>
Component:	Tools / Tests	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	Normal	CC:	webkit-bug-importer
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	InRadar
Version:	Safari Technology Preview
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
See Also:	https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=264703

Description Jonathan Bedard 2023-10-24 08:07:56 PDT

Currently, AutoInstall does not handle namespace packages (as documented by Python here https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/packaging-namespace-packages/) well. This is because AutoInstall expects the package name to be a folder, and deletes the entire folder when uninstalling a package. This means that AutoInstall can't handle using two namespace packages which share a common parent package. Although we've been able to work around this issue with `aliases` so far, we should have autoinstall correctly handle this situation.

Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2023-10-31 08:08:21 PDT

<rdar://problem/117742039>