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Update import name guidelines to use 'SHOULD' for intermediate names #1939

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Update import name guidelines to use 'SHOULD' for intermediate names
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions source/specifications/core-metadata.rst
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Projects SHOULD list all the shortest import names that are exclusively provided
by the project. If any of the shortest names are dotted names, all intervening
names from that name to the top-level name should also be listed appropriately
names from that name to the top-level name SHOULD also be listed appropriately
in ``Import-Name`` and/or ``Import-Namespace``.

If a project lists the same name in both ``Import-Name`` and
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Projects SHOULD list all the shortest import names that are exclusively provided
by the project. If any of the shortest names are dotted names, all intervening
names from that name to the top-level name should also be listed appropriately
names from that name to the top-level name SHOULD also be listed appropriately
in ``Import-Name`` and/or ``Import-Namespace``.

The import names listed in this field MUST be importable when the project is
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