On 15 May 2014 20:04, Donald Stufft <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think the question is: Going forward, is PyPI both a repository and >> an index, or is a repository only? I think it show be both. There are >> valid reasons for wanting to use it as an index but not a repository >> for your code. > > PEP 470 allows you to point an entry on PyPI towards the real index > for your code without relying on implicit-ness.
Just to clarify - when you say "point at an index" you are referring to a URL that points to a listing of one or more URLs for downloadable files. I see that as a *different* usage of the term index than when I say "I want PyPI to remain an index of everything". This is (IMO) a crucial point of confusion. Having a PyPI entry point to an external "index" where the exact URLs for downloadable files can be found, is an implementation technique, which allows PyPI itself to still act as a global "index" or catalog of what is available. It occurs to me that the people concerned that PyPI should still be a global index might be misinterpreting this alternative sense of the word "index". Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
