[Distutils] Handling the binary dependency management problem

2013-11-30 Thread Nick Coghlan
I've had a couple of conversations recently that suggest it's high time I posted this particular idea publicly, so here's my suggestion for dealing with (or, more accurately, avoiding) the binary dependency management problem for upstream distribution in the near term. = Defining the problem = Th

Re: [Distutils] .. *explicitly* mark the package as pre-release

2013-11-30 Thread Richard Jones
I was working from (clearly hazy) memory. Sorry for the red herring. On 1 December 2013 09:10, Donald Stufft wrote: > Hiding a release doesn’t hide it from the simple index, so installers will > still find it. > > On Nov 30, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Richard Jones wrote: > > There is no way to mark a

Re: [Distutils] .. *explicitly* mark the package as pre-release

2013-11-30 Thread Donald Stufft
Hiding a release doesn’t hide it from the simple index, so installers will still find it. On Nov 30, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Richard Jones wrote: > There is no way to mark a release as "pre-release" but you can hide it from > view which would prevent an installer discovering any files related to the

Re: [Distutils] .. *explicitly* mark the package as pre-release

2013-11-30 Thread Richard Jones
There is no way to mark a release as "pre-release" but you can hide it from view which would prevent an installer discovering any files related to the release. Log into PyPI and use the "releases" page for the project. On 30 November 2013 22:05, anatoly techtonik wrote: > hi, please cc > > i w

Re: [Distutils] .. *explicitly* mark the package as pre-release

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Moore
On 30 November 2013 11:05, anatoly techtonik wrote: > hi, please cc > > i want to release some versions to pypi, but hide them from installing > by explicitly marking as pre-release. i want to preserve versions > numbering as 0.1, 0.2 according to semver.org point 4. is that > possible? No, I don

[Distutils] .. *explicitly* mark the package as pre-release

2013-11-30 Thread anatoly techtonik
hi, please cc i want to release some versions to pypi, but hide them from installing by explicitly marking as pre-release. i want to preserve versions numbering as 0.1, 0.2 according to semver.org point 4. is that possible? -- anatoly t. ___ Distutils-SI