On: Powering the Python Package Index

[stared]

When it comes to the interface, it puzzles me why it cannot have a clear, interactive interface like e.g. https://packagecontrol.io/

For that reason, I almost never directly in https://pypi.python.org.

[jsmeaton → stared]

For what it's worth, the warehouse (https://pypi.io/) is the successor to the current PyPI that Donald is currently working on. Is the UI here closer to something you'd like?

Edit:

It's not Django, my mistake.

Also, if there are any interested Django developers around, I'm sure they'd love to have some help finishing the project off.

[stared → jsmeaton]

Not quite (yet?).

- no popularity markers (downloads, stars on GitHub or both)

- no "search as you type"

- way too sparse (not a good feature for searching)

I gave link to a a search with I consider "the best" (for Sublime Text Package Manager).

Not much of a Django dev myself (I'm using Python mostly for data science).

[nerdwaller → jsmeaton]

What makes you say it's django? Pretty sure I always heard pyramid (the requirements.txt seem to confirm this). Or am I misunderstanding you?

[jsmeaton → nerdwaller]

Oh you're right. At least it's not Django. I thought I remembered looking at it a few weeks ago and seeing it was Django.

[gvalkov → stared]

The next generation of the package index has been in development for some time now. Have a look at:

https://pypi.io/ https://github.com/pypa/warehouse https://warehouse.readthedocs.io/

[Spiritus → stared]

I fail to see what's so interactive on that page. Personally, the search box is all the interaction I need.

[stared → Spiritus]

Search box with search as you type. And listing popularity (and preferably, last update).

[nerdwaller → stared]

This is in development, they'll likely still be adding features after the first release. Maybe you should add issues for some feature requests.

[stared → nerdwaller]

I added a comment here: https://github.com/pypa/warehouse/issues/991

(For some reason there is vocal opposition to showing any popularity stats, effectively making good packages drowning in the see of not-even-updated ones.)