On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Russell Keith-Magee <russ...@keith-magee.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote: >> >> Just an idea. >> >> I think it might make sense to remove the download_url from setup.py. It >> has caused problems in the past >> (http://www.djangoproject.com/m/bad-installer.txt) and I don't think leaving >> it there adds much value. It does however add yet another place that a >> package releaser needs to update and makes `pip install Django` more >> fragile. >> >> The only major benefit I can see is providing a download link on PyPI, but >> given that there's a link right 40px or so to directly download from PyPI >> and a giant green download button further up the page I think this benefit >> is minimal. >> >> Thoughts? > > > Responding mostly because nobody else has, not because I have any firm > opinions on the topic. > > Logically, download_url strikes me as being bit odd - the package metadata, > which you obtain by downloading the package, contains the definition for > where to download the package. If the only purpose of the download_url > declaration is to set the link on PyPI, and pip will install from PyPI's > uploaded version of the package by preference, then I don't see any real > benefit in having the download link. > > However, I'll completely defer to anyone with more experience with the > internals of pip or setuptools/distribute/whateveritscalledthisweek. > > Russ %-) > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >
If I'm not mistaken, the only part of the download url that changes with each release is the version number -- which is referenced only a few lines up. Why isn't the url dynamically created using version? That's what I do for my projects and the problem has gone way for me. -- ---- \X/ /-\ `/ |_ /-\ |\| Waylan Limberg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
