Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'package,': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'sufficient': 0.05; 'setup.py': 0.07; 'subject:question': 0.08; 'api': 0.09; 'python': 0.09; 'received:184.172': 0.09; 'subject:PyPI': 0.09; 'bug': 0.10; '"long': 0.16; 'for,': 0.16; 'guess.': 0.16; 'personally,': 0.16; 'received:gateway01.websitewelcome.com': 0.16; 'sdist': 0.16; 'sudo': 0.16; 'why,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'saying': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.19; 'changes': 0.20; 'to:name:python- list@python.org': 0.20; 'from:addr:chris': 0.22; 'installation': 0.23; "i've": 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'integrate': 0.27; 'necessary,': 0.29; 'thus,': 0.29; 'source': 0.29; 'this.': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'install': 0.29; 'window': 0.30; 'could': 0.32; 'page.': 0.33; 'handle': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'point.': 0.33; 'changed': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'page': 0.38; 'several': 0.39; 'description': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'skip:" 10': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'subject:, ': 0.61; 'procedure': 0.61; 'received:216': 0.62; 'details': 0.63; 'information': 0.63; 'carefully': 0.71; 'hoping': 0.72; 'received:69.41.242': 0.84 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:50:26 -0500 From: Chris Gonnerman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120714 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "python-list@python.org" Subject: Re: [Python] Re: PyPI question, or, maybe I'm just stupid Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator191.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gonnerman.org X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([10.0.1.176]) [216.146.253.37]:43643 X-Source-Auth: chris@newcenturycomputers.net X-Email-Count: 4 X-Source-Cap: bmV3Y2VudDtuZXdjZW50O2dhdG9yMTkxLmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1343652630 news.xs4all.nl 6869 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52787 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26249 On 07/30/2012 04:20 AM, Dieter Maurer wrote: > "CHANGES.txt" is not automatically presented. > If necessary, you must integrate it into the "long description". > > However, personally, I am not interested in all the details (typically > found in "CHANGES.txt") but some (often implicit) information is > sufficient for me: something like "major API change", "minor bug > fixes". Thus, think carefully what you put on the overview page. I see your point. I'm just lazy, I guess. I already put a description of what I've changed into git, so why, I muse, must I also edit the overview page separately? I was hoping there was an automatic way that "setup.py sdist upload" could handle it for me. > I find it very stupid to see several window scrolls of changes for > a package but to learn how to install the package, I have to download its > source... Not sure I get this. The installation procedure for PollyReports is the same as for, what, 99% of Python source packages? sudo python setup.py install What else are you saying I should do? -- Chris.