584-allow uppercase in package name

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
 * Make contributing guidelines optional [#465](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/465)
 * Make developer documentation optional [#467](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/541)
 * Make Code of Conduct optional [#464](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/530)
+* CHANGELOG.md is now optional ([#462](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/462))
+* pre-commit script is optional ([#457](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/457))
 * New YAML files for copier questions [#529](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/529)
 * Make zenodo next step instructions optional [#520](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/520)
 * Make SonarCloud optional [#515](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/515)
 * Make citation optional [#471](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/471)
 * Make online documentation optional [#476](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/476)
 
 ### Changed
+* Made copier configuration more modular [#529](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/529)
+* Allow uppercase in package name [#613](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/613)
 * next_steps.md is shown as a copier message [#609](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/609)
 * Change the default profile to 'recommended' [#598](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/598)
 * Updated the user documentation (README.md) of the template [#569](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/569)
@@ -33,7 +37,6 @@
 Released on August 15, 2024
 
 ### Added
-
 * Added Python 3.12 support [#356](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/356)
 * Template unit tests for documentation generation, linting and version bumping
 * Docstring for function
@@ -42,10 +45,6 @@ Released on August 15, 2024
 * Added new 'docs' section in extra dependencies [#317](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/317)
 
 ### Changed
-
-* Made copier configuration more modular [#529](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/pull/529)
-* pre-commit script is optional ([#457](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/457))
-* CHANGELOG.md is now optional ([#462](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/462))
 * Moved to src/ based layout for generated packages
 * Moved from setup.cfg/.py to pyproject.toml [#351](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/351)
 * Moved from prospector to ruff [#336](https://github.com/NLeSC/python-template/issues/336)

copier/questions/essential.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package_name:
   placeholder: my_python_package
   help: Enter the name of the Python package.
   validator: >-
-        {% if not (package_name | regex_search('^[a-z][a-z0-9\_]+$')) %}
+        {% if not (package_name | regex_search('^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9\_]+$')) %}
         Package name must start with a letter, followed one or more letters, digits or underscores all lowercase
         {% endif %}
 version: