[Python-Dev] Why does pip upgrade to a random version?

2015-02-04 Thread Martin Thoma
Could somebody please have a look at the following SO question? It seems as if I might have found a bug in pip: http://stackoverflow.com/q/28282671/562769 TL;DR of the SO question: I executed `$ sudo pip install hwrt --upgrade` mutiple times and got a - seemingly random - version of hwrt installed

[Python-Dev] [PyPI] Why are some packages on pypi.python.org/simple, but have no page?

2015-01-18 Thread Martin Thoma
Hello Python developers, Could anybody please answer the following question? (I have asked it on http://stackoverflow.com/q/28010799/562769, but Steve Barnes thinks I should ask it here) I am currently analyzing packages on PyPI. I use https://pypi.python.org/simple/ to get all package names and