I was using the human interface at python.org/pypi. There are two prominent links at the top of the page: "Browse the tree of packages" and "Submit package information" followed by the 30 most recently changed packages. What I was looking for was the page for a specific package. The "Browse the tree of packages" link was no help. Finally I realized that in the side bar, in a small unobtrusive font, is a link to "List packages" which links to a list of *all* packages, in alphabetical order. I found my package there. I think repeating that link right below "browse the tree" would have been sufficient. But it would have been cool if there had been a search box (also in the start page) where I could type (part of) the name of the package and it would have given me the nearest matches.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:05 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't understand PyPI all that well; it seems poor design that the > > browsing via keywords is emphasized but there is no easy way to > > *search* for a keyword (the list of all packages is not emphasized > > enough on the main page -- it occurs in the side bar but not in the > > main text). > > I don't understand. What is "browsing via keywords" and how is that > emphasized? (one I know that, I can look into ways for searching > for keywords) > > > > I assume there's a programmatic API (XML-RPC?) but I > > haven't found it yet. > > The recommended "programmatic" API is > > > http://pypi.python.org/simple/ > > Not sure what you were trying to achieve programmatically; > "typically" people know what they want to install (e.g. > "threadedcomments"), and then the tool goes directly to > > http://pypi.python.org/simple/threadedcomments/ > > Regards, > Martin > > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
