Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-13 Thread holger krekel
Hi Carl, Paul, all, On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 18:48 -0600, Carl Meyer wrote: > Hi Holger, > > On 10/11/2014 12:31 AM, holger krekel wrote: > > I understand that as a fairly generic security statement. But I was trying > > to > > rather ask about use cases and scenarios where precisely the > > --e

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-13 Thread Paul Moore
On 13 October 2014 11:40, holger krekel wrote: > and I just noted that the very Python guide on packaging is advertising > using plain --extra-index-url for private packages as well: > > http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/shipping/packaging/#personal-pypi I can see your point here (I'm not su

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-13 Thread holger krekel
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:10 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote: > On 12 October 2014 09:49, Donald Stufft wrote: > > > > On Oct 11, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > > > >> On 12 October 2014 04:29, Donald Stufft wrote: > I plan to put the external repositories (and the commands needed to us

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-13 Thread holger krekel
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:00 +0100, Paul Moore wrote: > On 13 October 2014 11:40, holger krekel wrote: > > and I just noted that the very Python guide on packaging is advertising > > using plain --extra-index-url for private packages as well: > > > > http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/shippin

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-13 Thread Paul Moore
On 13 October 2014 13:08, holger krekel wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:00 +0100, Paul Moore wrote: >> On 13 October 2014 11:40, holger krekel wrote: >> > and I just noted that the very Python guide on packaging is advertising >> > using plain --extra-index-url for private packages as well: >

Re: [Distutils] some questions about PEP470

2014-10-13 Thread Donald Stufft
> On Oct 13, 2014, at 7:41 AM, holger krekel wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 10:10 +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> On 12 October 2014 09:49, Donald Stufft wrote: >>> >>> On Oct 11, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >>> On 12 October 2014 04:29, Donald Stufft wrote: >> I plan t

[Distutils] PEP 470 - Once More, with Feeling

2014-10-13 Thread Donald Stufft
Alright, here's yet another go at PEP 470. See it online at www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0470/ or reproduced in full down below. The diff between this version and the last is available at https://hg.python.org/peps/rev/2855fa903e89. Important Notes: * Continue to use a link instead of an hre

Re: [Distutils] PEP 470 - Once More, with Feeling

2014-10-13 Thread Donald Stufft
> On Oct 13, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Donald Stufft wrote: > > Alright, here's yet another go at PEP 470. > > See it online at www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0470/ or reproduced in full down > below. The diff between this version and the last is available at > https://hg.python.org/peps/rev/2855fa903e89.

[Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-13 Thread Tennessee Leeuwenburg
Hi all, I have just finished reading through most of the prior discussion on this issue, but as I read it in one sitting, I can't promise to have covered every nuance. I would like to propose that the pendulum has swung too far for some use cases. The use cases covered in that discussion appeared

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-13 Thread Richard Jones
Thanks for raising squatting as a concern. I have added what I think is a reasonable method of handling squatting (or otherwise unused name registrations): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1elum7ENjQb0dLB4ATfYNtnXYVLUzsKacc0VWnHHJb2A/edit?usp=sharing Richard On 14 October 2014 12:40, Ten