[Catalog-sig] disallowing the removal of packages?

[Martijn Faassen]

Hi there,

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Am 05.07.2011 20:27, schrieb Martijn Faassen:
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:11 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>>> What about making sure there's a historical record? No management
>>>> built-into the system, but there is history.
>>>
>>> There *is* a historical record, indeed.
>>
>> Really? Where can I find this record? I.e. if you remove release 1.2
>> of foo, where can I find it again?
>
> You can't find the release, but you can find a record of the date when
> the release was deleted. I can also find out who deleted it; this is
> not published, though.

Indeed a history of the index, not of the things being indexed, even
if they're in PyPI itself.

Regards,

Martijn