[Twisted-Python] Considerations for Twisted prereleases on PyPI

[Amber "Hawkie" Brown]

Hi everyone,

PyPI + pip has supported uploading prereleases for a long while, and this would be a much better way for you, the Twisted user, to get the prereleases, rather than messing about with tarballs.

Pip 1.4+ (which according to https://caremad.io/2015/04/a-year-of-pypi-downloads/ constitutes 80%+ of pips) supports prereleases on PyPI.

So, the question is, do people think we should start putting them on PyPI? Is it worth some users on ancient pips inadvertantly getting (admittedly quite stable) prereleases? Would you use it, and would you be more likely to test Twisted prereleases if they were distributed like this (in addition to the tarball)?

Thanks,

Amber "Hawkie" Brown
GPG: https://keybase.io/hawkowl

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