[Distutils] [distutils] make the storage of the password optional in .pypirc

[Marius Gedminas]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 10:17:50AM -0500, Benji York wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Stephen Emslie <stephenemslie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A bit OT, but from your blog post on the subject:
> >
> >>I'd like to go further and to think about a ssh-agent like system, so there's no need
> >>to enter the pasword everytime you work with PyPI in the same session.
> >
> > Have you had any feedback on this yet?
> 
> Here's some:  how about instead of an ssh-like system, use ssh itself.  Front
> PyPI with an ssh server that users connect to.  That way it is both secure and
> the infrastructure (agent, etc.) is already in place.

Yes please.  I'd rather have one agent running and reuse my SSH key for
authentication.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
The gates in my computer are AND, OR and NOT; they are not Bill.
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