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by littlestymaar 972 days ago
> The point is that it's much easier to make a mistake typing "requests" than " org.kennethreitz:requests" (as a pure hypothetical.)

Sorry what? It's strictly the opposite: more character to type equals more risks to make a mistake.

In fact, in the general case, namespace increase the risk of supply chain attacks, because it makes packages names even less discernable.