[Distutils] URL Structure of Packages URLs

[Floris Bruynooghe]

On 9 Oct 2013 21:03, "Barry Warsaw" <barry at python.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 08, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Donald Stufft wrote:
>
> >Hrm, I'm assuming these require a file listing at
> >
> >/packages/source/D/ too.
> >
> >Of course these files should probably be using the simple API and
> >not the packages url directly :/
>
> Maybe that URL should be given on the PyPI page for the package?
>
> The current watch patterns are used overwhelmingly probably because they
are
> easily discovered.
>
> E.g. Copy the URL from the PyPI page, and "patternize" it.

Sounds like this could be addressed with a lintian warning and a long
transition time (~2 years) so leaving proper redirects around would be
advisable.

Regards,
Floris
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