[Distutils] PEP for distutils

[Greg Ewing]

Ian Bicking wrote:

> FWIW, pyinstall can collect all the packages before installing any of 
> them.  You do have to download all packages, though, as that's the only 
> way to get the metadata.

This may be something to make sure is on the requirements
list for a metatdata standard: Make sure there is a defined
way of getting just the metadata from a repository without
having to download the whole package.

-- 
Greg