Clarify package name as metar

akrherz · akrherz · commit ac7b568e3386 · 2026-03-19T22:45:28.000-05:00
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ htmlcov/
 /.venv/
 /build/
 /dist/
-/python_metar.egg-info/
-/metar.egg-info/
+/metar.egg-info/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Change Log
 ==========
 
+metar-2.0.1 (TBD)
+
+Over the years, this package has gone by the name `metar` and `python-metar`. We are
+settling on `metar` going forward, which matches the most recent pypi and conda-forge
+coordinates.
+
 metar-2.0.0 (18 March 2026)
 
 This release rolls up fixes and updates made by the community. The version number
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ The [Federal Meteorological Handbook No.1. (FMC-H1-2017)](http://www.ofcm.gov/pu
 Author
 ------
 
-The `python-metar` library was orignally authored by [Tom Pollard](https://github.com/tomp) in January 2005, and is now maintained by contributors on Github.
+The `metar` library was orignally authored by [Tom Pollard](https://github.com/tomp) in January 2005, and is now maintained by contributors on Github.
 
 Installation
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [project]
-name = "python-metar"
+name = "metar"
 version = "2.0.0"
 description = "Metar - a package to parse METAR-coded weather reports"
 
