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by woodruffw 1217 days ago
In 2005, PyPI didn’t even host packages. It was an index that pointed you to the HTTP-only host that served the distribution. As far as I know, even basic hash checking wasn’t added until a decade later.

I have no opinions about titles, etc. But saying that Python packaging was better in 2005 is incorrect along all axes.