Donald Stufft <donald.stufft <at> gmail.com> writes: > This is insane. A fairly simple database query is going to "grind the PyPI > servers into dust"? You're going to need to back up this FUD or please > refrain from spouting it.
Never mind the "Obsoletes" information - even the more useful "Requires-Dist" information is not exposed via PyPI, even though it appears to be stored in the database. (Or if it is, please point me to where - I must have missed it.) Even if this were to be made available, it's presumably obtained from PKG-INFO. As I understand, this data is not considered reliable - for example, pip runs egg_info on downloaded packages to get updated information when determining dependencies to be downloaded. If the Requires-Dist info in PKG-INFO can't be relied on, surely less critical information such as Obsoletes can't be relied on, either? Regards, Vinay Sajip _______________________________________________ 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
