I've removed the search-old-spkg bug/misfeature at http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/19004 (needs review)
Also adds useful diagnostics if the package name cannot be found: $ sage -i python Attempting to download package python Error: could not find a package matching python Try 'sage --package list' to see the available packages Did you mean: cython, ipython, python2, python3, patch? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.