Does there need to be a webapp? Or could it just be a JSON-LD file in a static site; maybe with a GH Action that validates (and maybe generates) the data according to a schema.
Here's a rough sketch of a schema for this data: "Generate Misc/NEWS from individual files" (2017) https://github.com/python/core-workflow/issues/6#issuecomment-290493601 On Thu, May 28, 2020, 4:09 AM M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote: > On 27.05.2020 23:46, Joseph Banks wrote: > > The downside to the FTP solution however is that little metadata is > > present about the versions > > > > The FTP pages are primarily for downloading versions which isn't the aim > > of the proposal, it's to be able to fetch the metadata. > > > > Adding some sort of metadata file to all versions on the FTP server > > would solve the problem but at that point I'm not sure the "doesn't need > > any new process" argument still holds water. > > It was an FTP server. Nowadays, the files are served up via HTTPS. > The FTP server has been switched off long ago. > > The point about not needing more process is that you always need > someone to maintain any such addition. > > It would be fairly easy for someone to step up and start maintaining > such an index, perhaps even as a PyPI package, but such resources are > only useful when fully maintained over long periods of time. > > In terms of meta data, the best we currently have are PEPs > for each minor release version, the downloads page on python.org > for release dates and PEP links, and the location I mentioned for > quickly grabbing the download files. > > > On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 22:36, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com > > <mailto:m...@egenix.com>> wrote: > > > > On 27.05.2020 18:59, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > > On Tue, 26 May 2020 22:19:12 -0400 > > > Kyle Stanley <aeros...@gmail.com <mailto:aeros...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > >> > > >>> It could become more detailed about each minor versions, git > > tag, links > > >> to changelogs, links to the repositories, to the docs, download > > links, > > >> and so on. > > >> > > >> I don't know that it needs to be said, but for now, I think we > > should start > > >> with a minimalist approach by keeping the API focused on reducing > the > > >> number of *existing* locations to update, rather than predicting > > what might > > >> sort of fields might be useful to include. Otherwise, it could > > very well > > >> end up becoming more work to maintain compared to what it > > actually saves. > > > > > > Unless unusual fields are required in the returned information, how > > > about using PyPI as the information store? That way, you don't > > have to > > > design a new API and implement a new backend... > > > > > > (that doesn't mean PyPI needs to host any downloadable files for > > Pyhon, > > > by the way - just the metadata) > > > > Here's something which is close to an HTTP API and doesn't need any > new > > process, since it's been working for ages... > > > > https://www.python.org/ftp/python/ > > > > (and it's also easier to use than the regular python.org > > <http://python.org> download > > mechanisms) > > > > If you're looking for the 1.x releases, you can find them here: > > > > https://www.python.org/ftp/python/src/ > > > > Even earlier ones are on USENET. > > > > -- > > Marc-Andre Lemburg > > eGenix.com > > > > Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, May 27 > 2020) > > >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ... > https://www.egenix.com/ > > >>> Python Product Development ... > https://consulting.egenix.com/ > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs > ::: > > > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. 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