Will we start moving the actual specifications into packaging.python.org, or will they stay in the PEP repository? I’m not sure I can tell from your two PRs currently.
> On Jan 24, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 22 January 2016 at 16:58, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've posted about this idea to the list before, but this time I've >> finally started working on it and have a concrete plan to discuss :) >> >> The basic idea: >> >> * I want to progressively move the active interoperability >> specifications out of PEPs and into a subsection of >> packaging.python.org >> * packaging PEPs would then become a tool for changing those >> specifications, rather than the specifications themselves >> * the description of this process would be captured along with the >> rest of the PyPA operational docs at pypa.io >> * there's a draft PR to start down this path at >> https://github.com/pypa/pypa.io/pull/12 >> >> That PR provides an example of the potential benefits of this approach >> - it's able to state which parts of PEP 345 have been superseded by >> other PEPs, and also note the "Provides-Extra" field which exists as a >> de facto standard, despite not being formally adopted through the PEP >> process. >> >> However, having written the draft PR entirely against pypa.io, I've >> now gone back to thinking packaging.python.org would be a better fit >> for the actual hosting of the agreed specifications - the "python.org" >> domain is a vastly better known one than "pypa.io", and being on a >> subdomain of python.org more clearly establishes these >> interoperability specifications as the Python Packaging counterparts >> to the Python Language Reference and Python Library Reference. >> >> So my next iteration will be split into two PRs: one for pypa.io >> defining the specification management process, and one for >> packaging.python.org adding a specifications section > > I implemented the split into two PRs: > > Process PR: https://github.com/pypa/pypa.io/pull/14 > Specifications PR: > https://github.com/pypa/python-packaging-user-guide/pull/213 > > Absent any strong outcry, I'll merge these tomorrow, and we can > continue to tweak the spec maintenance process from there. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > 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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