Chris Withers wrote: > On 24/03/2011 08:58, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >> >> On 24 Mar, 2011, at 7:46, Chris Withers wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Any chance we could put a block in place on packages that mention >>> this phrase? >>> >>> Has anyone had any joy tracking down the author of the book that >>> resulted in this avalanche of junk? At the very least they could >>> publish an errata explaining their horrific mistake... >> >> It might be this >> one<http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/python/9781449397524/sharing-your-code-modules-of-functions/update_pypi_with_your_new_code#X2ludGVybmFsX0ZsYXNoUmVhZGVyP3htbGlkPTk3ODE0NDkzOTc1MjQvNjA=> >> >> (I'm not a safari subscriber and cannot see the entire page because of >> that, but this page did turn up in a google search for the phrase plus >> the word book. > > Yup, I believe it's the one, and the publication date ties in with the > start of the problem. > > Does anyone have contact details for Paul Barry?
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