On 9 Oct 2013 21:03, "Barry Warsaw" <ba...@python.org> wrote: > > On Oct 08, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Donald Stufft wrote: > > >Hrm, I'm assuming these require a file listing at > > > >/packages/source/D/ too. > > > >Of course these files should probably be using the simple API and > >not the packages url directly :/ > > Maybe that URL should be given on the PyPI page for the package? > > The current watch patterns are used overwhelmingly probably because they are > easily discovered. > > E.g. Copy the URL from the PyPI page, and "patternize" it.
Sounds like this could be addressed with a lintian warning and a long transition time (~2 years) so leaving proper redirects around would be advisable. Regards, Floris
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