posit-dev / posit-dev/py-shiny
shiny create allows invalid name for component name
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Description
It accepts when the user uses d.d.d.d but fails in the step when user runs pip install -e . with the following error
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Reproduce shiny create with the component name d.d.d.d, then run pip install -e . in the generated project to confirm the failure. Trace where the name is accepted and how it is written into the generated package metadata; done means invalid names are rejected or the generated project installs successfully.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100