[Checkins] SVN: Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt Add a paragraph saying that you may never ever delete brown bag releases

Philipp von Weitershausen philikon at philikon.de
Wed Oct 3 16:05:09 EDT 2007


Log message for revision 80563:
  Add a paragraph saying that you may never ever delete brown bag releases
  

Changed:
  U   Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt

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Modified: Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt
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--- Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt	2007-10-03 19:42:14 UTC (rev 80562)
+++ Sandbox/philikon/foundation/releasing-software.txt	2007-10-03 20:05:09 UTC (rev 80563)
@@ -102,5 +102,9 @@
 
      Initial release as separate egg.
 
+**Important:** Once released to PyPI or any other public download
+location, a released egg may *never* be removed, even if it has proven
+to be a faulty release ("brown bag release").  In such a case it
+should simply be superseded immediately by a new, improved release.
 
 .. _docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/



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