[Distutils] Create formal process for claiming 'abandoned' packages

[Stefan Krah]

Antoine Pitrou <antoine at python.org> wrote:
> > Having PyPI become full of cruft is not a tenable situation.
> 
> What is the problem with "cruft" exactly?
> 
> I'm opposed to the idea that a package may be "transferred" to someone
> else without any explicit authorization from the original maintainer(s)
> (or author(s)). It is not a matter of waiting time or tools. It is morally
> unacceptable.

I agree. The situation here is totally different from Debian or Fedora,
where the maintainers are just repackaging upstream most of the time.


Stefan Krah