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[Tres Seaver]

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Stephan Richter wrote:
> On Monday 02 March 2009, Chris Withers wrote:
>> Adam GROSZER wrote:
>>> Someone releases a new package version and your project just break the
>>> next day. That's a nightmare.
>> That shouldn't happen with individual package releases where releases
>> are done sensibly.
> 
> Let me tell you from experience: Before the KGS we had exactely this problem. 
> No carefully crafted release can male up for that. And if a single package 
> pins versions generically, then you stall development. We also had that 
> ha[[en before the KGS came around. Both reasons actually promted my to do the 
> KGS in the first place.
> 
> In general, and not specific to you Chris, I think that unless you have 
> managed a large set of packages, you should shut up and listen.

Stephan, I *have* managed a large set, and I'm *certain* that the KGS is
useful for many cases:  it just doesn't work for me for any large
production application:  I don't want to rely on the iffy availability
of eggs from PyPI, for instance, which means that running a separate,
per-project index is my only recourse anyway.  Once you are running your
own index, it's contents *are* a KGS, just not one managed using the
'versions.cfg' machinery.

That said, I do appreciate the work you have done and are doing to make
the KGS useful for others.


Tres.
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