For such packages: send out an email to the package maintainer informing
him about the problem and instructing him to fix the problem within N days.
After N days: recheck the package state and unregister the package if
necessary.
Or perhaps a less rude approach: introduce status field for each package
(ACTIVE/INACTIVE) and set the state to INACTIVE when the package does
not comply with this policy. Inactive packages won't be listed on PyPI
and won't be searchable on PyPI. Inactive status should be visible
to the author (in logged-in state) with some warning "Package is
inactive..please upload your sdist....).
Ok. If nobody opposes to this right now, it's fine with me as well.
However, I won't be able to work on this for several months to come.
IMO, it's a waste of energy: if a package is useless, just don't use it,
and be done. There are many packages on PyPI that are useless to me
despite having a source release.
Regards,
Martin
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