[Catalog-sig] The purpose(s) of PYPI

[Jim Fulton]

On Jul 11, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>> OK, let's take a step back.  IMO, PyPI is a *part* is the packaging
>> system.  If we can't agree that that is true, then we need to find a
>> package index that *is* part of the package system.
>
> It might be hairsplitting to discuss this specific question, but
> I think the purpose of PyPI is to allow people to find Python
> packages, i.e. it is a package index.

Let me try to put this another way.

Can we agree that it is part of the purpose of PyPI to serve as a  
repository for setuptools?  I'd like to resolve this issue.  If it  
isn't part of PyPI's purpose to serve as a repository for setuptools,  
then we'll build another system that *does* have that purpose.  If it  
is part of the purpose to serve as a repository for setuptools, then  
we'll need to take various needs of setuptools into account.

Jim

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