[Distutils] Need for respect

[Ian Cordasco]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Stefan Krah
<stefan-usenet at bytereef.org> wrote:
>
> Vladimir Diaz <vladimir.v.diaz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_Package_Index
>>
>> Description: While the PyPI website is maintained by the Python Software
>> Foundation, its contents are uploaded by individual package maintainers. Python
>> package managers such as pip default to downloading packages from PyPI.
>
> Really? How about the previous revision:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Python_Package_Index&oldid=575596902
>
>
> Or Jeremy Hylton's link:
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> https://www.python.org/~jeremy/weblog/030924.html
>
>
> If anything, this edit is part of the ongoing reeducation and indoctrination.

There is no conspiracy. Python.org's wiki refers to PyPI as a
distribution mechanism:

> PyPI, the Python Package Index, is a web-based software catalogue and distribution mechanism.

Further, as I read it, the previous revision makes the analogy to CPAN
which is exactly how Donald, Nick, Paul, and I are characterizing
PyPI.