[Catalog-sig] Allowing the upload of .py files at PyPI

[Donald Stufft]

On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 5:34 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> I don't follow the reasoning here. What's the difference between
> uploading a .py file and a .tar.gz file ?
> 
> AFAIK, the only reason why the file extensions are restricted is to
> prevent people from uploading MP3s, movies or other material that doesn't
> belong on PyPI - not because there are security concerns.
> 
Personally (might by different for Nick) it's less a problem with uploading .py 
files and more a problem with allowing arbitrary names.
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