[Python-Dev] Keyword meanings [was: Accept just PEP-0426] (original) (raw)

Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Thu Dec 6 12:28:31 CET 2012

Donald Stufft <donald.stufft gmail.com> writes:

This is insane. A fairly simple database query is going to "grind the PyPI servers into dust"?  You're going to need to back up this FUD or please refrain from spouting it.

Never mind the "Obsoletes" information - even the more useful "Requires-Dist" information is not exposed via PyPI, even though it appears to be stored in the database. (Or if it is, please point me to where - I must have missed it.)

Even if this were to be made available, it's presumably obtained from PKG-INFO. As I understand, this data is not considered reliable - for example, pip runs egg_info on downloaded packages to get updated information when determining dependencies to be downloaded. If the Requires-Dist info in PKG-INFO can't be relied on, surely less critical information such as Obsoletes can't be relied on, either?

Regards,

Vinay Sajip

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