[Distutils] Outdated packages on pypi

[Jim Fulton]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Dima Tisnek <dimaqq at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is anyone working on pruning old packages from pypi?
>
> I found something last updated in 2014, which, looking at the source
> appears half-done.
> Github link doesn't work any longer, no description, etc.
>
> I managed to find author's email address out of band, and he responded
> that he can't remember the password, yada yada.
>
> I wonder if some basic automation is possible here -- check if url's
> are reachable and if existing package satisfies basic requirements,
> failing that mark it as "possibly out of date"

I'm curious why you view this as a problem that needs to be solved?

- Do you want to take over the name yourself?

- Are you afraid someone will stumble on this package and use it?

Something else?

Jim

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