On May 15, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Stefan Krah <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ian Cordasco <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Stefan Krah >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Vladimir Diaz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_Package_Index >>>> >>>> Description: While the PyPI website is maintained by the Python Software >>>> Foundation, its contents are uploaded by individual package maintainers. >>>> Python >>>> package managers such as pip default to downloading packages from PyPI. >>> >>> Really? How about the previous revision: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Python_Package_Index&oldid=575596902 >>> >>> >>> Or Jeremy Hylton's link: >>> >>> https://www.python.org/~jeremy/weblog/030924.html >>> >>> >>> If anything, this edit is part of the ongoing reeducation and >>> indoctrination. >> >> There is no conspiracy. Python.org's wiki refers to PyPI as a >> distribution mechanism: >> >>> PyPI, the Python Package Index, is a web-based software catalogue and >>> distribution mechanism. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I don't understand your point at all tbh. PyPI was started as an index, however it's no longer primarily an index. If the only thing you have to stand on is the fact that a name chosen before the community at large decided to change it's purpose through their usage patterns then I'm not particularly convinced. ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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