On May 15, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Eric V. Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Signed PGP part > On 05/15/2014 01:12 PM, Donald Stufft 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. > > Does any of this history really matter? Not particularly. People keep bringing it up though! > > I think the question is: Going forward, is PyPI both a repository and > an index, or is a repository only? I think it show be both. There are > valid reasons for wanting to use it as an index but not a repository > for your code. PEP 470 allows you to point an entry on PyPI towards the real index for your code without relying on implicit-ness. > > Once that decision is made, we can worry about design choices that > flow from that requirement. > > Eric. > > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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