[Distutils] Self Introduction and Getting Hands On

[Alexis Métaireau]

Le mar. 03 juil. 2012 10:08:07 CEST, Tarek Ziadé a écrit :
> Yeah so even a 'cleaned up' mirror will not do the trick.  For pip and
> easy_install, we need a lower-level barrier to avoid hitting the net

Well, if links are removed from the indexes, then the crawler will not 
try to follow the links, which sounds enough, isn't it? In which cases 
would an installer hit the external links if it doesn't have a way to 
discover them?

Additionally, distutils2 do have a "follow_links" options that can be 
set to False (I'm even wondering if thats not the default option)

Alexis