[Distutils] Time for a static cheeseshop mirror for easy_install?

[Matt Good]

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 12:44 -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> For what easy_install does, there really isn't any dynamic API usage, so a 
> static mirror for easy_install could take a good bit of load off the 
> cheeseshop.

Jon Rosebaugh (aka Chairos) actually started working on this a couple
days ago during a Cheeseshop downtime.  I mentioned this post to him, so
he may join the list to follow up, but you can reach him on #python.web
to check on this.

-- Matt Good