[Distutils] A process for removal of PyPi entries

[Donald Stufft]

On Jun 2, 2013, at 6:51 AM, martin at v.loewis.de wrote:

> 
> Quoting Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>:
> 
>> I'm -1 on anything that doesn't involve at least a minimal level of human
>> involvement (possibly excepting an initial clean up exercise for projects
>> with no author email)
> 
> I support this position. This is actually how PyPI has operated over the last
> decade. People have always taken over projects, either the project entirely,
> or just the name. It always involved contacting the original owner of the name.
> 
> In this thread, Lukas wrote
> 
>> Fortunately we were able to work it out with Richard
>> but we had to contact him directly and waste his cycles on this.
> 
> I don't consider his cycles wasted at all. It's an important interaction.
> 
> I'm fine with formalizing the process, and I'm also fine with adding tool
> support. However, I agree that a PEP should be written and agreed about this.
> 
> Personally, I'd favor this procedure:
> - nothing happens unless some user explicitly requests it
> - on request, the owner is contacted, and given some time to respond
> - if they do respond, and are unwilling to yield the name, nothing
>  happens
> - if they have confirmed that they want to keep the name, they won't
>  be asked again for at least one year.

The missing case here is what happens if they don't respond?

> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
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