[Distutils] Setuptools 4.0 and 4.0.1 superseded by 3.8.1
Ned Deily
nad at acm.org
Sat Jun 14 20:15:40 CEST 2014
In article <20140614145331.GA1251 at yuggoth.org>,
Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:
> On 2014-06-14 14:25:02 +0000 (+0000), Jason R. Coombs wrote:
> [...]
> > I’ve removed all versions of Setuptools 4.x and closed that
> > branch. [...] Please use Setuptools 3.8.1 or later.
> [...]
>
> Are most of the PyPI mirror tools out there smart enough to remove
> packages which have been deleted from PyPI? People who are running
> their own mirrors should probably check and take action as needed.
> (I know I'm going to need to either delete copies from our CI
> mirror, or more likely blacklist 4.x in all our requirements files
> since I can't know the state of anyone else's mirrors.)
It's not just PyPI. Third-party distributors have already pushed 4.x
out into the wild, for example, MacPorts. It's not practical to make
the whole world revert once that happens. If it's a serious enough
regression, I suggest you release a 4.x+ that is really a 3.8.x.
--
Ned Deily,
nad at acm.org
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