Re: [pygame] New pygame.org website

2016-12-26 Thread René Dudfield
hi, The download page can be updated with the same admin interface that someone managed to post news with. There's currently 6 users able to edit it... so I guess one of those did it. I added Paul and yourself now as well. See this issue on 'the website needs updates':

Re: [pygame] A quick 1.9.3 release

2016-12-26 Thread René Dudfield
Hi, @Lenard, @Thomas, please let me know your pypi usernames? I fixed the permissions for Paul... so he should be able to also add users on pypi. I'm not sure why that mirror isn't updated... will look into it. I think the 'pygame' organisation on github should be used for the mirror (and other

Re: [pygame] A quick 1.9.3 release

2016-12-26 Thread DiliupG
A very positive and productive email by Thomas Kluyver. Good things happening in the Python / Pygame world.. after many moons :) On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Thomas Kluyver wrote: > On 25 December 2016 at 21:32, René Dudfield wrote: > >> I think we

Re: [pygame] Promoting cheeseshop/pypi for game releases?

2016-12-26 Thread Thomas Kluyver
My tldr: PyPI and pip are the wrong tools for game distribution, there are better places to focus effort. If the instructions to get your game say 'pip install yourgame', you're limiting your audience to people who have Python installed and are comfortable with the command line. Even among those

Re: [pygame] New pygame.org website

2016-12-26 Thread Thomas Kluyver
On 25 December 2016 at 03:30, René Dudfield wrote: > I've been non contactable for a few weeks due to personal issues. Which I > guess was frustrating to Thomas, which has led to this latest effort to > make a new website. > I'm glad to see you back; I was a bit worried that

Re: [pygame] A quick 1.9.3 release

2016-12-26 Thread Thomas Kluyver
On 25 December 2016 at 21:32, René Dudfield wrote: > I think we should rotate who does the release... so more people can get > the hang of it, and so we can better document it as we go. > +1. I see two keys pieces that we need to streamline for this to work: 1. PyPI access.