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On 12 Aug 2014 01:23, "Donald Stufft" <<a href="mailto:donald@stufft.io">donald@stufft.io</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> On Aug 11, 2014, at 11:11 AM, Marcus Smith <<a href="mailto:qwcode@gmail.com">qwcode@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> > Public index servers SHOULD NOT allow the use of local version identifiers for uploaded distributions.<br>
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>> I'm thinking this should just say "PyPI" and not "Public" broadly.<br>
>> The point is for local versions not to confused with the one authoritative upstream version sequence, not that it couldn't be "public".<br>
>> I can imagine locally versioned distributions needing to be distributed or available "publicly" (e.g. for a specific platform or system).<br>
>> Considering the recommendation to use the "python.integrator" extension, which is generally about "downstream" modification and redistribution, it seems inconsistent to say that this redistribution couldn't be public.<br>
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> We actually have a definition for Public Index Server, It’s ""Public index<br>
> servers" are index servers which allow distribution uploads from untrusted third<br>
> parties. The Python Package Index [3] is a public index server.”. This is<br>
> defined in PEP 426.<br>
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> But thinking about it, that doesn't particularly match it either, because<br>
> something like binstar allows this, but should allow local versions.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In this particular case, I think Marcus is right - the restriction is specific to PyPI as the keeper of the authoritative shared namespace, rather than applying to public index servers in general.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>
Nick.</p>
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