Search only on package name. Document if the search is case sensitive or not.

[alex-piccione]

• Pip version:
• Python version: 3.6.4
• Operating system: Windows

Description:

I'm trying to figure out the new name of PIL package.
I use ````pip search image``` because I remember it was renamed in "Image" or "Pillow".
I have an infinite list of packages that have nothing to do with what I'm looking for.
pip search is useless in this case.

What I've run:

pip search image
Search for PyPI packages whose name or summary contains .

The definition of does not specify if the match is case sensitive or not.
This is the definition in (https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_search):
Search for PyPI packages whose name or summary contains .

[edrozenberg]

Same. It's been an issue for years that pip search searches package names and also descriptions, making search essentially useless for the common use case of trying to find matching package names. An endless mystery why it works this way, and only this way (no options to change behavior).

[pradyunsg]

Closing this since pip search is no longer usable on PyPI: #5216