On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 03:57, James Addison via Python-ideas <python-ideas@python.org> wrote: > I also agree with a later reply about avoiding the murkier side of > blockchains / etc. That said, it seems to me (again, sample size one > anecdata) that creating a more levelled playing field for package publication > could benefit from the use of some distributed technologies. Even HTTP > mirrors are, arguably, a basic form of that.. there's at least one question > related to recency of data, though. Delaying availability of a package to an > audience -- if it's important enough -- could under some circumstances become > effectively similar to censorship. >
A blockchain won't solve anything here. It would be completely and utterly impractical to put the packages themselves into a blockchain, so all you'd have is the index, and that means it's just a bad version of PyPI's own single-page index. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/PTIS3HZHJSFV7ETWE7UP4HKXS4WN2OEO/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
