> On Jul 12, 2016, at 4:55 AM, Dima Tisnek <dim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is anyone working on pruning old packages from pypi? > > I found something last updated in 2014, which, looking at the source > appears half-done. > Github link doesn't work any longer, no description, etc. > > I managed to find author's email address out of band, and he responded > that he can't remember the password, yada yada. > > I wonder if some basic automation is possible here -- check if url's > are reachable and if existing package satisfies basic requirements, > failing that mark it as "possibly out of date"
My feeling is that there should be a "dead man's switch" sort of mechanism for this. Require manual intervention from at least one package owner at least once a year. I believe if you dig around in the archives there's been quite a bit of discussion around messaging to package owners and that sort of thing - and the main sticking point is that someone needs to volunteer to do the work on Warehouse. Are you that person? :) -glyph _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
