On 17/10/2012 08:36, Russell Coker wrote: > On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: >> I also think allowing source-only uploads makes for easier contributions, >> and thus hopefully more contributions. > > Why would it be easier? Surely we still want people to build packages first > to > ensure that we don't needlessly get FTBFS bugs.
Because binary packages are big, and uploading them reliably from a region with crappy internet access sucks, especially when trying to upload them over SFTP. Honestly, if we're not going to be using these, why upload them? It's a pointless waste of bandwidth. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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