On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 5:34 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > I don't follow the reasoning here. What's the difference between > uploading a .py file and a .tar.gz file ? > > AFAIK, the only reason why the file extensions are restricted is to > prevent people from uploading MP3s, movies or other material that doesn't > belong on PyPI - not because there are security concerns. > Personally (might by different for Nick) it's less a problem with uploading .py files and more a problem with allowing arbitrary names.
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