On 02/01/2012 01:40 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 1/31/2012 6:43 PM, Donald Stufft wrote:
I don't think anyone is arguing that it's not occasionally useful. The
question to answer is the occasional usefulness worth the risks that
come with it. In my opinion the small utility (being able to correct a
borked packaging job) is not worth the risks to both my applications
stability, and the security of my entire system.
The question is whether, on each issue, PyPI should be optimized for
authors (who provide their modules for free) or for users. Both choices
are defensible. However, if all choices are made in favor of users,
there will very likely be fewer things uploaded or even listed, which is
not favorable for users.
I don't think it's a simple dichotomy. If the authors follow certain
best practices they might retain more users, say. And if system is great
for users and has lots of them, that motivates authors to work with it.
Regards,
Martijn
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