On Jun 3, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> On 03/06/2013 03:43, Noah Kantrowitz wrote: >> >>> Some people are saying "files uploaded" vs. "downloadable packages". >>> I don't like the "files uploaded" criterion because IMO it's a >>> perfectly valid use case to list a package on PyPI which is only >>> available via external revision control. >> >> Sorry, if you haven't had time to follow lately we have already begun >> deprecating this system. > > I hope you're misunderstanding what pje is saying; this isn't about hosting > distributions elsewhere, this is about having a PyPI listing for a project > that is under development but it hasn't got to the point where it's sensible > for a release to be made. > >>> Heck, a project that only has planning documents and a reasonably >>> active mailing list should still qualify for PyPI listing, else the >>> original distutils-sig would not have qualified for reserving the name >>> "distutils" on PyPI, before its first release. ;-) >> >> If a reasonably active project doesn't have anything to show after six >> months, I think we have different definitions of 'reasonably active'. > > ...or different definitions of 'software quality' ;-) > > Seriously, I don't think anyone would argue that we have enough nested list > printers in this world or that a package without any contact details or > description is fair game to delete, but I must echo what others have said in > that a unilateral process where a project is deleted without the owner being > given a reasonable time to respond doesn't seem like a good idea. Unless I missed it I don't think I've seen *anyone* suggest that projects where the authors appear to actually have plans to use the name have the name yanked out from underneath them. > > cheers, > > Chris > > -- > Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting > - http://www.simplistix.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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