On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Stefan Seifert <n...@detonation.org> wrote:
> > * I think we have to allow mass deletion, even if that de-indexes > stuff. I > > think that's an author's right. > > I've never gotten that argument. Let's try a narrower argument: Should an author be allowed to delete *any* distribution? * Old tarballs? Seems reasonable. * Currently indexed tarballs? What if a file was included that was never meant for publication? What if there was a really dangerous bug? What if it was accidentally uploaded company code that *isn't* open source? I can think of several legitimate reasons to allow deletion and de-indexing. Moreover, if we disallowed deletion, an author could just upload an empty module except for a higher version number and get that indexed and that is as effective at breaking things as removal. So given that removal (a) has several reasonable uses and (b) doesn't stop authors from mass-breaking dependents if they want to, I see no reason to prohibit it. David -- David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC/Github: @xdg
