[Distutils] Package's declared latest version ignored by Warehouse

[Ben Finney]

Howdy all,

The Warehouse is ignoring the feature of PyPI which sets particular
versions of a package visible or not visible. It makes all versions
visible regardless.

This is a problem when, for example, a package has been uploaded but
should not be shown by default.

An example is the ‘python-daemon’ package. At PyPI, the latest visible
version is 1.5.5, as requested by the package maintainer. That is
reflected as the default version shown at
<URL:https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/>. Also, when viewing
other versions, the “Latest version” link appears, and correctly shows
that the latest version is 1.5.5.

But at Warehouse, the settings for which versions should be hidden are
ignored by the application, and a different version is shown by default
<URL:https://warehouse.python.org/project/python-daemon/>. That page
should show version 1.5.5, as selected by the package maintainer in the
PyPI database.

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Ben Finney