Remove author_email from our Python packaging metadata #3879
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These changes close #3713
author_email
is one of the keys available forpip
's packaging metadata. But it is not mandatory (see https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/50aca38eafde71ac0314d14246f7ebf043695f5e/src/pip/_vendor/distlib/metadata.py#L620 for the mandatory ones—couldn't find in their docs, had to locate in the code 😢 )The
author_email
requires a valid RFC-822 address. Since we are not using Google Groups, and Discourse does not offer an e-mail address, I think the best option is to simply remove it.If users want to get in contact, they will need to visit our project URL (which is in the packaging metadata) and find how to reach us.
Requirements check-list
CONTRIBUTING.md
and added my name as a Code Contributor.