An FTP based Python Module repository (was Re: Imagemagick)
Boudewijn Rempt
boud at rempt.xs4all.nl
Mon Feb 7 15:55:45 EST 2000
chris patti <cpatti at atg.com> wrote:
> Umm, I'm not sure where you're getting the "tragic" from.
> I merely noted in my post that I felt a _centralized_ FTP based
> repository of all the freely available modules in existence for Python
> would be a Good Thing, because it would make things easier for both
> maintainers and users as it would provide a central point of exchange.
> /contrib on ftp.python.org != CPAN, you miss the point, I think.
> What I'm referring to is not just an FTP archive but a controlled and
> _maintained_ collection of all the modules.
> Yes it would require work, and yes I'm willing to put my money where
> my mouth is and help build such a thing if there's interest in other
> quarters and archive space becomes available.
Have you tried interesting VA Linux in donating a bit on sourceforge?
KDE is moving there, too, and maybe they are willing to host a large
and bandwidth-gobbling Python archive.
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