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List:       python-distutils-sig
Subject:    Re: [Distutils] RFC: PEP 541 - Package Index Name Retention
From:       Dariusz Suchojad <dsuch () zato ! io>
Date:       2017-01-16 23:31:50
Message-ID: 81572dda-700d-e4fb-5709-beeccf8979f3 () zato ! io
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On 17/01/17 00:22, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Robert's referring to the fact that publishing a project sdist on PyPI can
> be quite helpful to redistributors, even if "pip install zato" just
> installs some helper libraries (or nothing at all) rather than a full Zato
> instance.
> 
> Publishing at least a stub package with a README and setup.py that says
> "Zato is not pip installable, see <url> for details" would also provide a
> better experience for prospective users than a plain 404, provide the PyPI
> maintainers with a clear  explanation of how the namespace entry is being
> used, and the project with download metadata that gives an indication of
> how often this mistake is being made, and hence whether or not it's an
> installation method that might be worth supporting (even if it's just a
> shim around a "docker pull" command).

Thanks Nick and Robert, yes, that definitely makes sense. This is a nice
suggestion and resolution to my worry.

regards,

-- 
Dariusz Suchojad

https://zato.io
ESB, SOA, REST, APIs and Cloud Integrations in Python


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