[Catalog-sig] Proposal: Move PyPI static data to the cloud for better availability

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 16.06.2010 00:38, schrieb Tarek Ziadé:
> 2010/6/16 "Martin v. Löwis"<martin at v.loewis.de>:
>>> What's important also, is to make sure z3c.pypimirror includes the
>>> server-side work, so existing mirrors can be upgraded.
>>
>> Not really. z3c.pypimirror has a completely different function.
>
> It's a mirroring script for PyPI. Why do you say it has a completely
> different function ?

a) it's a selective mirror (IIUC); a PEP 381 mirror should be complete
b) it's also a superset-mirror, mirroring stuff that actually *isn't* on
    PyPI. This is not needed for PEP 381
c) it edits the simple index pages, thus breaking the page signature.

So it is really aimed at private mirrors (IIUC, that's also what it is 
used for), whereas PEP 381 is about public mirrors.

>> Operators
>> providing one of the official PyPI mirrors should use pep381client instead.
>>
>> Of course, if people absolutely want to, they could also put PEP 381 support
>> in z3c.pypimirror, but that may result in a significant rewrite.
>
> What I had in mind was using pep381client within  z3c.pypimirror.

Not sure how this would work - but you can certainly feel free to copy 
any code that you find useful into z3c.pypimirror.

Regards,
Martin