On 12 Aug 2014 01:23, "Donald Stufft" <don...@stufft.io> wrote: > > >> On Aug 11, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Marcus Smith <qwc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Public index servers SHOULD NOT allow the use of local version identifiers for uploaded distributions. >> >> I'm thinking this should just say "PyPI" and not "Public" broadly. >> The point is for local versions not to confused with the one authoritative upstream version sequence, not that it couldn't be "public". >> I can imagine locally versioned distributions needing to be distributed or available "publicly" (e.g. for a specific platform or system). >> Considering the recommendation to use the "python.integrator" extension, which is generally about "downstream" modification and redistribution, it seems inconsistent to say that this redistribution couldn't be public. >> > > We actually have a definition for Public Index Server, It’s ""Public index > servers" are index servers which allow distribution uploads from untrusted third > parties. The Python Package Index [3] is a public index server.”. This is > defined in PEP 426. > > But thinking about it, that doesn't particularly match it either, because > something like binstar allows this, but should allow local versions.
In this particular case, I think Marcus is right - the restriction is specific to PyPI as the keeper of the authoritative shared namespace, rather than applying to public index servers in general. Cheers, Nick. > > --- > Donald Stufft > PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA > > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >
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