> I propose we deprecate the external links that PyPI has published
> on the /simple/ indexes which exist because of the history of PyPI.
> Ideally in some number of months (1? 2?) we would turn off adding
> these links from new releases, leaving the existing ones intact and
> then a few months later the existing links be removed completely.
I fully support this.
Ideally, /simple/ indexes would only serve download links, and all
of them should include a checksum (md5/sha...).
I'm working on a package installer right now and this reconfirms the
decision to ignore non-release links.
-ch
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