On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Daniel Greenfeld <pyda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Tarek, > > In PEP-345 there isn't a specific URL field. Instead we have to hope > that people add something and then follow a 'source code' label > convention. To know to add this field, one needs to know the > convention, and that is in PEP-345, far from PyPI and its > instructions. Even if instructed, from a sociological point of view > one could argue that this is not the most efficient way to handle the > issue. > > My request is for a obvious, specific field. An obvious, specific > field will encourage package owners to provide links to their source > code repositories. The field and the APIs it will feed will allow > tools like Packaginator, Read the Docs, Depot.io, and other > yet-to-be-invented tools a clear path to the source code repo for > existing and unknown reasons.
We had that discussion in the past when we added the Project-URL field. We ended up with the conclusion that it's hard to define such a field in a generic way, so it's free-form for now. Mostly because of the url schemes, and because we were not sure what people would do with it. What do you want to do ? do you want a web UI of the repo ? or a git://, ssh:// lp:// link ? etc.. what is expected in the linked page ? Do you want a single repo link ? several ? what if the project does not have a repo ? Cheers > > Danny Greenfeld > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I added in PEP 345 a field where you can store any number of urls for >> the project >> >> Check it out, PyPI also support displaying it under a "Project Links" portlet >> >> example: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gfbi_core/0.2 >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Daniel Greenfeld <pyda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Projects have home pages, they also have Repos but that is not on >>> PyPI. For the forthcoming Python Packages >>> (https://github.com/cartwheelweb/packaginator) having this field would >>> mean gathering metrics on those projects would be great. Otherwise we >>> have to check 10K+ records. I know that the data will be entered in >>> eventually, but eventually we'll have the canonical repo source for a >>> greater majority of projects.. >>> >>> -- >>> 'Knowledge is Power' >>> Daniel Greenfeld >>> http://pydanny.com >>> http://cartwheelweb.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Catalog-SIG mailing list >>> Catalog-SIG@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org >> > > > > -- > 'Knowledge is Power' > Daniel Greenfeld > http://pydanny.com > http://cartwheelweb.com > -- Tarek Ziadé | http://ziade.org _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
