[Distutils] easy_install download logic?

[Michał Kwiatkowski]

Hi,

I'm wondering how exactly easy_install looks up packages on PyPI.
Right now I'm looking at two specific packages: moofx and SQLObject.
Both have "Home page" link and both have eggs distributions listen on
PyPI. The only difference is that moofx has also a "Download URL",
which seems to be bad.

When I do "easy_install SQLObject" it looks at PyPI, then link from
"Home page" field and fall backs to egg:

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$ sudo easy_install SQLObject==0.7.0
Searching for SQLObject==0.7.0
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/SQLObject/
Reading http://sqlobject.org
Best match: SQLObject 0.7.0
Downloading http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.3/S/SQLObject/SQLObject-0.7.0-py2.3.egg#md5=3105dc13b1df383007d08c7d0e1f8c2a
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But this doesn't happen for moofx. It looks at PyPI, then at "Home
page", then at "Download URL" and fails, ignoring eggs that are there:

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$ sudo easy_install moofx
Searching for moofx
Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/moofx/
Reading http://moofx.mad4milk.net/
Reading http://www.turbogears.org/cogbin/
No local packages or download links found for moofx
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('moofx')
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Having broken download URL is a bad thing, but shouldn't easy_install
use eggs when they're available? And why search "Homepage" and
"Download URL" links when eggs are already on PyPI?

Thanks for any help,
mk
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