Terry Reedy wrote: > On 6/3/2011 4:17 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Chris Withers wrote: >>> This package: >>> >>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PDFTron%20PDFNet%20SDK%20for%20Python/5.7 >>> >>> ...feels a lot like spam. >>> >>> The mention of Python if you follow through to their page is pretty >>> minimal. Not sure it belongs on PyPI. >>> >>> What do others think? >> >> Have you tried downloading their SDK ? >> >> http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet/downloads.html >> >> It comes with a Python wrapper for their library, so it's legitimate. > > I am a bit confused about what is considered eligible for listing on PyPI. > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi says only > The Python Package Index is a repository of software for the Python > programming language.
This is the official reading. > http://wiki.python.org/moin/CheeseShopTutorial says > If you have some free software or open source modules that you've > polished up and would like to contribute, > > but perhaps that was not meant to exclude other software or perhaps it > is obsolete. I think it's just the personal opinion of someone who edited the wiki. It's fixed now. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 03 2011) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2011-05-23: Released eGenix mx Base 3.2.0 http://python.egenix.com/ 2011-05-25: Released mxODBC 3.1.1 http://python.egenix.com/ 2011-06-20: EuroPython 2011, Florence, Italy 17 days to go ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
