conda/conda-build — pull request #136 by shoyer (2014-07-17 21:06:37+00:00)
Title: Don't use "metadata.name" as an import to test with bdist_conda

My understanding is that "packages" is already a required argument in
a setup.py to set packages to install, so I don't think there is any
benefit to adding "metadata.name" as a test import. If the name of the
project is a valid import, it should already be included in "packages".

For more context:

We commonly give internal packages names that are not valid imports
(e.g., 'companyname-myproject') and this is not unheard of in the
broader python world (e.g., consider scikit-learn).

By the way, bdist_conda does look like it will be a very nice feature
for us. Thanks!