From f16fea61f1022035f069a5baa8ec5372a0f6379a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Head Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:09:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add details about the consequences of not regularly uploading wheels --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb3cf00..687f380 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ Any versions beyond these are automatically removed as part of a daily cron job Projects may have reasons to request to be added to the list exempt from this automated cleanup, however in that case the responsibility of cleaning-up old, unused versions fall back on the individual project. +If you are a low traffic project this policy might catch you out, as the last wheel will be removed from +this channel 30 days after it was uploaded. A low activity project might not receive updates often enough +to produce a new wheel every 30 days. We recommend that you upload a nightly wheel on a regular cadence +even if there are no changes. + +In addition cron jobs in GitHub repositories will be disabled after a certain amount of inactivity. We +are not aware of a solution other than regular commit activity to prevent the deactivation of scheduled +cron jobs. + + # Using nightly builds in CI To test against nightly builds, you can use the following command to install from From ec6b176029646f129d5a4d570dec5c051f284e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Head Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:56:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add line breaks at the end of each sentence --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 687f380..9bb9dcf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ Projects may have reasons to request to be added to the list exempt from this au in that case the responsibility of cleaning-up old, unused versions fall back on the individual project. If you are a low traffic project this policy might catch you out, as the last wheel will be removed from -this channel 30 days after it was uploaded. A low activity project might not receive updates often enough -to produce a new wheel every 30 days. We recommend that you upload a nightly wheel on a regular cadence -even if there are no changes. +this channel 30 days after it was uploaded. +A low activity project might not receive updates often enough to produce a new wheel every 30 days. +We recommend that you upload a nightly wheel on a regular cadence even if there are no changes. -In addition cron jobs in GitHub repositories will be disabled after a certain amount of inactivity. We -are not aware of a solution other than regular commit activity to prevent the deactivation of scheduled -cron jobs. +In addition cron jobs in GitHub repositories will be disabled after a certain amount of inactivity. +We are not aware of a solution other than regular commit activity to prevent the deactivation of +scheduled cron jobs. # Using nightly builds in CI