Re: IDEA: missing-tests-pypi-error? condition

[Munyoki Kilyungi <me@bonfacemunyoki.com>]

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"jgart" <jgart@dismail.de> aliandika:

>> Sometimes, PyPI versions lag behind upstream versions.
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> Hi Bonz,
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> Yes, in my experience that has sometimes been the case because maintainers don't make timely releases to PyPI.
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>> What's the policy on this. Shouldn't we prefer upstream over PyPI? 
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> Our importer works with the JSON API that PyPI provides at https://pypi.org/pypi/baz/json
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> See here:
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> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/import/pypi.scm?h=master#n141
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> That API provides a lot of package data that GitHub does not track in a unified and structured way.
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Then given the above ...
>> Adding extra glue can add unnecessary complexity.
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> You're right. I thought about that after I sent the email with the idea ;()
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PyPi unless we need to use upstream is the way to
go ;)

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