Re: PyPi Module Removal

2013-09-03 Thread Brian Rak
On 9/3/2013 10:49 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > Ah, Unix users. Who else would imagine that the way to install something > called "wxPython" was to use "install wx"? I'm not a wxPython user, but it seems the package/module you import in your programs is "wx". Not an unreasonable guess at the P

PyPi Module Removal

2013-09-03 Thread Brian Rak
I was trying to install wxPython earlier today. Not RTFMing, I tried 'easy_install wx', which ended up installing this strange module: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/wx Looking at the download stats, it seems to be confusing ~1000 users a month, while not providing any significant functionality

Re: PyPi Module Removal

2013-09-03 Thread Brian Rak
Thanks! Wasn't really sure where I should have reported that. On 9/3/2013 4:56 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: I don't really have any way to contact the author of the module. Is there any way to have this deleted/renamed? Not directly, but I opened a ticked in the PyPI bug tracker. Skip -- https