Re: We should be able to stop unhiding PyPI releases.
Jim Fulton <[email protected]>
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On Aug 22, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Tres Seaver wrote: ... > I would argue that hiding old releases is a major misfeature of PyPI, > personally: humans probably have as much to gain from seeing the > older > versions as scripts. Agreed, although the UI degrades quite a bit when there are multiple unhidden releases. PyPI could use quite a bit of improvement. The place to get involved is the catalog sig. :) > Even "brown bag" releases should remain available > (albeit, with perhaps some way to tag them as problematic). Hidden releases are still available. I certainly think there is value in hiding many old releases, especially non-final ones, as long as the releases are still available for download. > Releasing a software package is a contract which implies more than > "flavor of the week" status, at least in lots of circles. It is important that releases remain available and finable by setuptools. The simple index achieves that. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:[email protected] Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org