Agreed. Until this issue is resolved we can't allow (public) third-party mirrors. Given the recent adverse reactions to PyPi changes we should be careful not to cause any further offense.
regards Steve M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> None that I am aware of, but Martin is the one who's been making changes >> most recently. I don't think there's been any input from Van on this >> yet, but I've been busy and may have forgotten or missed something. > > Thanks. > > As far as I can tell, the text on the PyPI registration page hasn't > changed since we last discussed the problem. > > Since there is currently discussion going on about setting up > PyPI mirrors that are not maintained by the PSF, I think that > we need to do something about the licensing terms soonish, esp. > since most package authors who have uploaded things to PyPI > will not be aware of any changes to the terms and conditions of > using PyPI. > > Any such change will have to be made more visible on the site > and the Python announcement list than is currently done (you only > see the text if you click on "register" on PyPI - which, of course, > already registered users will unlikely do on a regular basis :-). > > Regards, -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
