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On 03/23/2016 11:08 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 3/23/2016 5:03 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> One developer just broke most of the Node.js ecosystem by removing an
>> eleven
>> line package from npm (the node.js package manager, somewhat similar to
>> Python's pip only even more critical):
>
> Does PyPI actually delete packages, as opposed to making them harder to
> find?

I don't know the exact answer, but I do know there is a big warning 
label around the delete button:

   Do NOT use this button.

   There is no undo.

   <Remove this package completely>

--
~Ethan~