On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Donald Stufft <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 15, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Stefan Krah <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ian Cordasco <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> > > I don't understand your point at all tbh. PyPI was started as an index, > however > it's no longer primarily an index. If the only thing you have to stand on is > the fact that a name chosen before the community at large decided to change > it's purpose through their usage patterns then I'm not particularly convinced.
And if the name "Index" is confusing to you, we can always change Python Package Index to Python Package Distribution Center or something less confusing. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
