[Distutils] setuptools/buildout: why only one index server configurable

[Andreas Jung]

On 26.11.2008 11:04 Uhr, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Andreas Jung<lists at zopyx.com>  wrote:
>> On 26.11.2008 9:54 Uhr, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Andreas Jung<lists at zopyx.com>   wrote:
>>>> On 26.11.2008 8:33 Uhr, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Andreas Jung<lists at zopyx.com>    wrote:
>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in buildout I can define only one alternative index server using 'index
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> http://pypi.zopyx.com'. Now we are in the situation where we are
>>>>>> running
>>>>>> two
>>>>>> internal index servers (one for our own internal packages and one PyPI
>>>>>> mirror). Is there some reason for this limitation? I assume this is a
>>>>>> limitation/feature coming from setuptools?
>>>>> Yes it is.  That is exactly where setuptools needs to evolve.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the record: I have asked for that a few months ago, and Jim said
>>>>> he wanted to  stick with setuptools.
>>>>>
>>>>> So proposed a patch in setuptools to be able to merge several indexes,
>>>>> (see http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue32)
>>>>>
>>>>> But it hasn't been reviewed yet.
>>>> I think this is a very helpful patch. We would appreciate it if the patch
>>>> could make it into the next setuptools release asap.
>>> I made an assumption to use -i but I don't know if it would be better
>>> to have a new argument for it.
>>> Besides, this index merging thing would be helpful for merging
>>> *different* sources
>> Merging is exactly our problem right now (I can get around with generating
>> index pages manually right now...works but not really nice).
>>
>> Not sure where the problem is with the -i parameter. Either we can allow
>> serveral -i options or just use something like:
>>
>>   -i http://pypi.zopyx.com,http://pypi.foo.com
>
> well yes, that is how I implemented it, but I don't know if that is
> how Phillip Eby wants it.
>
>>
>>> for mirrors, I think we need something specific : a fail-over
>>> mechanism over a list of mirrors for
>>> a given pypi-like server, with a "nearest mirror picked" feature (see
>>> my blob + pep 374 on python wiki)
>> Mirror selection is a different subject and not the problem here.
>
> I am saying that because you don't want to merge a source and a
> mirror, so as long
> as http://pypi.zopyx.com != http://pypi.foo.com, it is OK.
>


Of course not. As said initially we are running a PyPI mirror and an egg 
server with our private packages that will never end up on PyPI.

Andreas
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