[Numpy-discussion] How to upload to pypi

[Ondřej Čertík]

David,

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:46 AM, David Cournapeau <cournape at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Ondřej Čertík <ondrej.certik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have uploaded the NumPy 1.7.0 source distribution to pypi:
>>
>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy/1.7.0
>>
>> I did it by uploading the file PKG-INFO from numpy-1.7.0.tar.gz. It
>> said "Error processing form. Form Failure; reset form submission"
>> about 3x times,
>> but on the 4th try it went through. I reported the issue here:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3604194&group_id=66150&atid=513504
>>
>> I then attached the numpy-1.7.0.tar.gz and numpy-1.7.0.zip source files.
>>
>> Now I am having trouble attaching the windows installers, just like
>> they are here:
>>
>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy/1.6.2
>
> Those installers are ones built through bdist_wininst. You should
> *not* upload superpack installers there, as most python tools will not
> know what to do with it. For example, easy_install will not work with
> those, even though it does with simple installers from bdist_wininst.
>
> So ideally, one should build simple (== bdist_wininst-generated)
> installers using the lowest common denominator for architecture (i.e.
> pure blas/lapack, not atlas), and the superpack installer on
> sourceforge. Incidentally, that's why the super pack installer uses a
> different filename, to avoid confusion.

I see. I looked into my scripts and it turns out that actually I do
build the bdist_wininst versions as well, I just didn't know what they
are for, so I ignored them. Now I can see that those will get uploaded
to pypi, so I did that now and it works!

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy/1.7.0

I learned something new today, thanks for the explanation. So pypi
should be done.

Ondrej