build(python)!: rename distribution to openae-core

[lukasberbuer]

PyPI prohibits the name openae as a typo-squat of openai (pypi/support#5968). Rename the distribution to openae-core, establishing the openae-<component> convention, and publish to PyPI on GitHub releases instead of TestPyPI only.

The import name is unchanged: pip install openae-core, then import openae.features.

Also drop openae/__init__.py to make openae a PEP 420 namespace package, so future openae.* distributions can extend it. Doing this later would break import openae.ml for anyone on an older release.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • The Python package is now published on PyPI as openae-core.
  • New releases are automatically published to PyPI.

• Documentation

  • Updated installation instructions to use pip install openae-core.
  • Clarified that the package name changed, while Python imports remain openae.features.
  • Updated documentation to reflect the new package metadata and namespace package support.

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• .github/workflows/python.yml
• CHANGELOG.md
• bindings/python/src/openae/__init__.py
• docs/conf.py
• docs/python/api.rst
• docs/python/get-started.md
• pyproject.toml

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• bindings/python/src/openae/init.py
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The project is renamed to openae-core for distribution and PyPI publishing. Documentation reflects the new install name while imports remain openae.features. Published releases now trigger PyPI publishing, while pushes continue to target TestPyPI.

Changes

Distribution release

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Distribution identity and documentation pyproject.toml, bindings/python/src/openae/__init__.py, CHANGELOG.md, docs/conf.py, docs/python/api.rst, docs/python/get-started.md	The distribution name changes to openae-core. The empty openae module supports namespace packaging. Documentation uses the new package name and retains the openae.features import path.
Release publishing workflow .github/workflows/python.yml	Published releases trigger PyPI publishing from built artifacts. Push events continue to publish to TestPyPI under the openae-core project URL.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7df63

The package is installed as openae-core while retaining the openae.features import path, and published releases now publish to PyPI. The documented distribution and import behavior are aligned, with no concrete current merge-blocking risk identified.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Release
  participant GitHubActions
  participant BuildArtifacts
  participant PyPI
  Release->>GitHubActions: Publish release
  GitHubActions->>BuildArtifacts: Download wheels and sdist
  GitHubActions->>GitHubActions: Remove Pyodide wheels
  GitHubActions->>PyPI: Publish openae-core with trusted publishing

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: renaming the Python distribution to openae-core.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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