[Distutils] [distutils] make the storage of the password optional in .pypirc

[Jim Fulton]

On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Benji York wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Stephen Emslie <stephenemslie at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> A bit OT, but from your blog post on the subject:
>>
>>> I'd like to go further and to think about a ssh-agent like system,  
>>> so there's no need
>>> to enter the pasword everytime you work with PyPI in the same  
>>> session.
>>
>> Have you had any feedback on this yet?
>
> Here's some:  how about instead of an ssh-like system, use ssh  
> itself.  Front
> PyPI with an ssh server that users connect to.  That way it is both  
> secure and
> the infrastructure (agent, etc.) is already in place.

+1  Note that paramiko or the Twisted ssh support should make this  
fairly straightforward to implement. (I have need to build a custom  
ssh server soon for a project, and I'll find out if this statement is  
correct. :)

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation