how to register with pypi - no such setup.py

[Stefan Krah]

Phlip <phlip2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 26, 6:01 am, "Martin v. Loewis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> 
> > > Now my next problem - how to get pypi.python.org to stop burning up
> > > version numbers each time I test this?
> >
> > I don't speak English well enough to understand what "to burn up"
> > means - to my knowledge, PyPI does no such thing.
> 
> I don't know how to test pypi on my own notebook.
> 
> Each time I change setup.py or something, if I want to test my change,
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> This means I am using up perfectly good version numbers. If I don't
> change the number, I get a condescending message "Upload failed (400):
> A file named "Morelia-0.0.10.tar.gz" already exists for
> Morelia-0.0.10. To fix problems with that file you should create a new
> release."

It is quite reasonable that changed archives with the same version number
are not accepted. Very helpful, not condescending.


Stefan Krah