Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-16 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 16 October 2014 14:41, Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote: > I think package owners have a responsibility to be contactable, but that the > time-frames should be long to allow for the fact people do go off the grid > for valid reasons sometimes. I'd suggest something like 2 months is a > reasonable in

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-16 Thread Tennessee Leeuwenburg
I think package owners have a responsibility to be contactable, but that the time-frames should be long to allow for the fact people do go off the grid for valid reasons sometimes. I'd suggest something like 2 months is a reasonable interval to allow; if contact via email and available social media

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-15 Thread Ethan Furman
+1 to everything Nick said. -- ~Ethan~ ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-15 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 16 October 2014 14:21, Richard Jones wrote: > I am currently trying to decide what to do in the case of this request: > https://sourceforge.net/p/pypi/support-requests/420/ A couple of points on the specific request: 1. http://sourceforge.net/p/py-googlemaps/bugs/4/ indicates the package owne

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-15 Thread Richard Jones
I am currently trying to decide what to do in the case of this request: https://sourceforge.net/p/pypi/support-requests/420/ It is remarkably similar to the request which only just recently got me into trouble, with the slight difference that there may be a trademark issue which I am definitely no

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-14 Thread Richard Jones
Yep, I get notified of comments, thanks. I'll add information on how to start the process - I always require an issue in the support tracker. On 14 October 2014 18:54, holger krekel wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 13:38 +1100, Richard Jones wrote: > > Thanks for raising squatting as a concern.

Re: [Distutils] Process for taking over abandoned packages

2014-10-14 Thread holger krekel
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 13:38 +1100, Richard Jones wrote: > 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/1elum7ENjQb0dLB4ATfYNtnXYVLUzsKacc0VWnH

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

[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