On 03/06/2013 03:43, Noah Kantrowitz wrote:

Some people are saying "files uploaded" vs. "downloadable packages".
I don't like the "files uploaded" criterion because IMO it's a
perfectly valid use case to list a package on PyPI which is only
available via external revision control.

Sorry, if you haven't had time to follow lately we have already begun deprecating this system.

I hope you're misunderstanding what pje is saying; this isn't about hosting distributions elsewhere, this is about having a PyPI listing for a project that is under development but it hasn't got to the point where it's sensible for a release to be made.

Heck, a project that only has planning documents and a reasonably
active mailing list should still qualify for PyPI listing, else the
original distutils-sig would not have qualified for reserving the name
"distutils" on PyPI, before its first release.  ;-)

If a reasonably active project doesn't have anything to show after six months, I think we have different definitions of 'reasonably active'.

...or different definitions of 'software quality' ;-)

Seriously, I don't think anyone would argue that we have enough nested list printers in this world or that a package without any contact details or description is fair game to delete, but I must echo what others have said in that a unilateral process where a project is deleted without the owner being given a reasonable time to respond doesn't seem like a good idea.

cheers,

Chris

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