On August 27, 2015 at 4:28:34 AM, Paul Moore (p.f.moore@gmail.com) wrote:
Encouraging people to set up an external index if they have off-PyPI hosting requirements seems entirely reasonable. But I would say (having tried to do this for testing and personal use in the past) it's not easy to find good documentation on how to set up an external index (when you're starting from a simple web host). Having a "how to set up a PyPI-style simple index" document, linked from the PEP (and ultimately from the docs) would be a useful resource for people in general, and a good starting point for any discussion with people who have requirements for not hosting on PyPI. Probably putting such a document in https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/distributing.html would make sense.
We can add documentation, it’s basically “stick some files in a directory, run python -m http.server”, adjusted for someone’s need for performance and “production” readiness. We make it pretty easy to make one with —find-links, any old web server with an auto index and a directory full of files will do it. ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA