On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Stefan Krah <[email protected]> wrote: > > Vladimir Diaz <[email protected]> wrote: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_Package_Index >> >> Description: While the PyPI website is maintained by the Python Software >> Foundation, its contents are uploaded by individual package maintainers. >> Python >> package managers such as pip default to downloading packages from PyPI. > > Really? How about the previous revision: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Python_Package_Index&oldid=575596902 > > > Or Jeremy Hylton's link: > > https://www.python.org/~jeremy/weblog/030924.html > > > If anything, this edit is part of the ongoing reeducation and indoctrination.
There is no conspiracy. Python.org's wiki refers to PyPI as a distribution mechanism: > PyPI, the Python Package Index, is a web-based software catalogue and > distribution mechanism. Further, as I read it, the previous revision makes the analogy to CPAN which is exactly how Donald, Nick, Paul, and I are characterizing PyPI. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
