On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Alex Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Ugh, sorry. I wonder if we can get Richard Jones or Martin von Löwis to > modify PyPI such that "hiding" really means hiding (CC'ing catalog-sig).
That would be very bad. Old releases are often hidden. > I > also wonder if that is the right thing to do. It's not. > Personally, I'd be OK with > having to use find-links (or something like it) to test the alpha e.g.: > > > $ pip install -f http://path/to/buildout.zip zc.buildout pip install https://github.com/downloads/buildout/buildout/zc.buildout-2.0.0a4.tar.gz > Actually what would be ideal (I think), if it were possible, is: > > - Upload sdist > - Hide release > - pip install zc.buildout installs latest unhidden release > - pip install zc.buildout==2.0.0a4 installs 2.0.0a4. > > But that may be nonsensical… unless perhaps pip and easy_install were to > check a different index if/when an exact version spec is given. :-/ What would be ideal would be for pip and easy_install to only install non-final releases if asked to. Or at least provide an option to prefer final releases. Buildout has had a prefer-final option for years. In an upcoming buildout 2 alpha, this will become the default. Jim -- Jim Fulton http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimfulton Jerky is better than bacon! http://zo.pe/Kqm _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
