[Catalog-sig] [Proposal] Registered packages must provide the source code distribution on PyPI

[Andreas Jung]

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Tres Seaver wrote:
> 
> Note however that Andreas' proposal was to require that 'sdists' be
> uploaded.  I personally won't use binary-only packages, but it has
> historically been true that PyPI was intended to support them, as well
> as to support registration of packages hosted offsite.  Andreas'
> proposal doesn't address either of those cases.

A more precise requirement would be:

 - upload the sdist if your package is open-source
 - upload the official distribution package if you are package
   is commercial

Basically...upload everything that you would also keep on your own
server as official distribution.

Andreas
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