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Hi Ralf,


you are welcome and thanks for listening!

Have a good time and stay healthy -


Cheers
Dominik





On 2021-03-27 10:49, Ralf Gommers wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 6:55 PM <scipy at blackward.eu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Pamphile,
>> 
>> thanks for sharing your opinion.
>> 
>> As I am new to this mailing list I am a bit unsure, whether
>> discussing
>> such a general and versatile topic via the mailing list in detail
>> would
>> be appropriate - but I at least want to be as polite as to answer
>> you
>> shortly.
> 
> It's fine, thank you for sharing your project with us.
> 
>> Blythooon is just an offer. No developer is forced to use it.
>> Listing
>> Blythooon is not the same as recommending Blythooon;
> 
> It kind of is. There's an almost infinite amount of packages on PyPI.
> And we have millions of users, very many of which are relatively new
> to Python or scientific computing. We aim to guide them to best
> practices and the most popular and high-quality packages, rather than
> list everything under the sun. And if someone doesn't know what they
> need to install to get started, it's *definitely* not Python 2.x. So
> irrespective of the quality of Blythooon, we will not list any Python
> 2.*-only installer.
> 
>> it is possible to
>> list something with a hint that you do not recommend the usage of
>> Python
>> 2.7.* based systems anymore. That would let the people the freedom
>> of
>> choice.
> 
> People do have the freedom to choose. All packages are discoverable,
> everyone is free to write their own website with information. Search
> engines will help surface your project to users who are looking for
> the exact thing you offer.
> 
>> But as I said, I am quite fine with the decision not to list
>> Blythooon,
>> it is your decision.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ralf
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