[Catalog-sig] PyPI reverse download

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> I'll be implementing a feature for PyPI where you can POST
> to a certain action (revdownload), and then PyPI will POST
> the file requested to an URL that was passed; this is need
> to make blobs work on AppEngine.
> 
> Any objections?

Could you provide more detail on how this would work and why
this is needed for AppEngine ?

Having the PyPI server (or any other server running the software)
open connections to arbitrary hosts under control of a 3rd party
does not sound like a good idea, but I guess I'm just missing
some detail :-)

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