Fred Drake <f...@fdrake.net> writes: > My reaction is really about the comment that source packages are in > PyPI "for pip". You definitely understand that it's broader than that, > but careful language is important to avoid confusing someone new, > leading to poor understanding across the community. > > Some of us still see pip as a youngling upstart. :-)
And regardless of Pip's age, source distributions are definitely of interest beyond that narrow use case. Not everything in the VCS repository belongs in the Python source distribution, and publishing the source distribution at PyPI signals “this is the source for the purposes of building the distribution”. The larger point is: Getting the source, building from source, and installing the result — are all distinct steps that each need to be considered. The source distribution may also be a viable input for Pip, but that is not its only widespread use. It remains the correct input for “build from source”. > Which is why I don't consider slavish use of "git archive" (or similar > from some other VCS) to be valuable. +1. The VCS is for potential developers of the code bse. The source distribution is for people who want to build from source. Those are always distinct use cases. -- \ “Come on Milhouse, there’s no such thing as a soul! It’s just | `\ something they made up to scare kids, like the Boogie Man or | _o__) Michael Jackson.” —Bart, _The Simpsons_ | Ben Finney
