# How do people feel about a "Python Packaging Authority (PyPA)" -\> "Python Packaging team" renaming?

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/how-do-people-feel-about-a-python-packaging-authority-pypa-python-packaging-team-renaming/14272>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [March 14, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/how-do-people-feel-about-a-python-packaging-authority-pypa-python-packaging-team-renaming/14272 "2022-03-14T22:26:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![steve.dower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/steve.dower/32/56_2.png) [@steve.dower](https://discuss.python.org/u/steve.dower)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/how-do-people-feel-about-a-python-packaging-authority-pypa-python-packaging-team-renaming/14272/8 "2022-03-18T13:27:40Z")

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> [@pradyunsg](#):
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> Why do you not like Team, Steve? 😛

“Team” for me carries a really strong implication of “people working together on a single project” and a fairly strong suggestion that somebody is in charge/responsible/answerable. None of that is true for PyPA today, and I don’t think anyone wants it to be.

As annoying as it is when people bring their baggage over “Authority”, swapping it for the baggage around “Team” might be worse.

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