# PEP 752: Implicit namespaces for package repositories

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-752-implicit-namespaces-for-package-repositories/63192>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [September 7, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-752-implicit-namespaces-for-package-repositories/63192 "2024-09-07T16:38:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ofek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/ofek/32/1033_2.png) [@ofek](https://discuss.python.org/u/ofek)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-752-implicit-namespaces-for-package-repositories/63192/31 "2024-09-11T14:36:23Z")

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> [@Establish publisher authority via automated DNS backed challenges?](https://discuss.python.org/t/establish-publisher-authority-via-automated-dns-backed-challenges/63455/12):
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> > [@Establish publisher authority via automated DNS backed challenges?](https://discuss.python.org/t/establish-publisher-authority-via-automated-dns-backed-challenges/63455/12):
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> > > [@Establish publisher authority via automated DNS backed challenges?](https://discuss.python.org/t/establish-publisher-authority-via-automated-dns-backed-challenges/63455/11):
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> > > It seems like a third-party package index is a better option than namespaces on PyPI. I was confused about why that wasn’t being discussed so much in the namespace threads.
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> > I will add this to the rejected ideas section in PEP 752 today.
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> AFAICS, a big problem here is that the third-party repo is not _default_.

This is correct and something I will talk about but the bigger issue is that it’s unrealistic to expect every project like Django and Jupyter to maintain their own infra.

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