[Distutils] What to do about the PyPI mirrors

[martin at v.loewis.de]

>> Well, now we have one breakage point more which keeps annoying me.
>
> We do? How?

Installations that mention a specific mirror in their configuration file
(such as f.pypi.python.org) will break when the DNS name is removed.

>> Also, not everyone wants or needs auto-detection the way that the protocol
>> describes it. I personally just hand-pick a mirror (my own, hah) and keep
>> using that.
>
> I agree that this is probably the best choice, and you can still do that.

See above. He did that, and the PyPI maintainers will break it.

Regards,
Martin