On 2015-10-14 09:43:25 -0700 (-0700), Chris Barker wrote: [...] > I propose that PyPi allow projects to replace existing files if > they REALLY REALLY want to. > > You should have to jump through all sorts of hoops, and make it > really clear that it is a BAD IDEA in the general case, but it'd > be good to have it be possible. [...]
It used to be possible. If that possibility returns, I'm not looking forward to more of the bugs I used to semi-regularly file explaining to package authors why their assumptions about the safety of silently replacing their broken releases were flawed. -- Jeremy Stanley _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
