[Catalog-sig] PEP 381 Sample/Reference Implementation, Mirroring PyPI Meta Data

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On Jan 12, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>> So...it seems that Tarek thinks the z3c.pypimirror implements the
>> eventual protocol and Martin is just planning on writing "it" from
>> scratch himself.
> 
> Yes, Tarek is probably not convinced that z3c.pypimirror is not a
> good starting point. I may be actually wrong in assuming that it is
> better to start from scratch.
> 
>> If this is to be a group effort, perhaps this would be a good time to
>> whack up a repository with whatever specification (beyond what's in the
>> PEP) or starting-point code is available and I'll do my little project
>> within that framework.  Or not.
>> 
>> Tarek?  Martin?
> 
> I don't have any code to share, beyond what is already implemented in
> PyPI to support PEP 381 (and which is Tarek's work largely).
> 
> As for the protocol, I think the PEP says it all.

I'm sure this is clever but it must just be too subtle for me.

Uh...Tarek?

S