On 11/10/2010 6:49 PM, Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
It was about Softpedia or one of those sites. Not saying it is the same
thing, but you seem to be seeing package builds based on code downloaded en
masse from PyPI if I am reading this correctly.
Just to clarify, we are not pulling PyPI's data (source and/or metadata)
"en masse" -- the update happens incrementally[1] each day, based on the
releases that happen on that day, so as to not put too much load on
PyPI's servers.
> Mirroring the metadata I
understand, not sure if I like the idea of my code on a website with a "Buy
Now" link (I understand you aren't selling the actual project, just the
service of the build farm, but for a pure-python package that sounds an
awful lot like splitting hairs).
What we are selling, as part ActivePython Business Edition, is the
binary builds (via a convenient installer) for a special subset of
packages[2] among other things (big iron, support). Except these,
thousands of packages are made freely available to ActivePython
Community Edition users.
-srid
[1] We use the `changelog(yesterday)` API to determine the packages to
update, http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyPiXmlRpc
[2] About 30 of them, http://code.activestate.com/pypm/tag:business-edition/
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