Re: [Distutils] Outdated packages on pypi

2016-07-12 Thread Donald Stufft
> On Jul 12, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: > > 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

Re: [Distutils] Outdated packages on pypi

2016-07-12 Thread Glyph Lefkowitz
> On Jul 12, 2016, at 4:55 AM, Dima Tisnek 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. >

[Distutils] Outdated packages on pypi

2016-07-12 Thread Dima Tisnek
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