From sh at changeset.nyc  Tue Feb 27 02:06:18 2018
From: sh at changeset.nyc (Sumana Harihareswara)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:06:18 -0500
Subject: [PSF-Volunteers] Please help test PyPI's package maintainer
 functionality this week
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If you'd like to help us test the new Python Package Index, a key part
of Python's infrastructure, take a look at
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2018/02/python-package-maintainers-help-test.html
(much of which I repeat below)!

The Python community has developed a fine packaging and distribution
tutorial https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/distributing-packages/
that you can use to learn current best practices for creating and
uploading a Python package. (I suggest you use Test PyPI
https://packaging.python.org/guides/using-testpypi/ for your practice work.)

And feel free to join us in IRC during our "office hours" this week, as
listed below.

Thanks,
-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Warehouse project manager
Changeset Consulting
https://changeset.nyc

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Package maintainers, please help test PyPI
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 23:07:37 -0500
From: Sumana Harihareswara <sh at changeset.nyc>
To: DistUtils mailing list <distutils-sig at python.org>, pypa-dev
<pypa-dev at googlegroups.com>

The Warehouse team has improved the new PyPI, available for you to check
out at https://pypi.org/ , to the point where we would love for package
maintainers to try it out, test it, and give us bug reports.

https://wiki.python.org/psf/WarehousePackageMaintainerTesting has
guidelines, things to test (like user registration and project removal),
and how to contact Warehouse developers.

We're hosting four livechat hours this week where Warehouse maintainers
will be in IRC, in #pypa-dev on Freenode
https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#pypa-dev , and specifically
available to talk about problems you run into, or about how to hack on
Warehouse.

    Tuesday Feb 27th: 1700 UTC / noon-1pm EST

    Tuesday Feb 27th: 2300 UTC / 6pm-7pm EST

    Thursday March 1st: 1700 UTC / noon-1pm EST

    Thursday March 1st: 2300 UTC / 6pm-7pm EST


This isn't the big public beta yet, where we really push the message
widely to get non-package-maintainer users to test the site. Since
Warehouse must be a reimplementation of the existing PyPI, please focus
initially on any differences, missing features, or incorrect behavior
that pypi.org exhibits that affect your workflows for account management
and package maintainership. We'll be soliciting feedback on other
concerns soon! Feedback on user experience, accessibility, and overall
ease of use are welcome.

Thanks,
-- 
Sumana Harihareswara
Warehouse project manager
Changeset Consulting
https://changeset.nyc