[Distutils] b.pypi.python.org

[ken cochrane]

>
>>   b.pypi.python.org is an official mirror that runs on Google App
>>>>> engine, and it uses a special mirror package built just for GAE. Code for
>>>>> it is found here. https://bitbucket.org/loewis/pypi-appengine
>>>>>
>>>>> b.pypi.python.org has been broken for over 104 days according to
>>>>> http://www.pypi-mirrors.org, and this is because of an issue when we
>>>>> switched pypi over to serving over SSL.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have submitted a pull request to fix this.
>>>>> https://bitbucket.org/loewis/pypi-appengine/pull-request/2/change-pypi-mirror-connection-to-https/diff#comment-262919 but it hasn't been accepted.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am one of the maintainers of b.pypi.python.org, so I can see the
>>>>> logs and push out a new version.
>>>>> I haven't needed to push a version out before, and I'm a little
>>>>> hesitant incase I do it wrong and break something.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also don't want to push code to GAE from my fork, until my PR gets
>>>>> accepted or else someone else in the future might deploy the original one
>>>>> again and remove my fix.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two things:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Now that we have the pypi CDN up, do we still need this mirror?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Honestly probably not. Mirrors are less important from a
>>>>> availability/speed side of things now and will likely move to being more
>>>>> useful for companies and such to use.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK, what would be the procedure for removing a mirror? Anyone know who
>>>> is in charge of this mirror? I think Guido had it setup when he worked
>>>> at Google, and google is paying for the costs of the mirror, but  now that
>>>> he doesn't work for Google, not sure who might be the contact person on
>>>> that side.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've asked Guido who are admins on the account it to get it turned off.
>>> If he doesn't know I can try to find out internally.
>>>
>>>
>> Brett,
>>
>> Here is the owner list that I can see on GAE
>>
>> - guido
>> - kencochrane (me)
>> - kumar.mcmillan
>> - martin.v.loewis
>> - r1chardj0n3s
>>
>
> So Guido didn't even know he was an owner. =)
>
> In terms of shutting down the app, you will want to do two things. First
> is empty out the cron.yaml file; it should have nothing more than "cron:".
> After that you probably want to return 404 for everything; see
> http://stackoverflow.com/a/189935/236574 on how to do that for all URLs.
>
> If you want, Ken, I can clone
> https://bitbucket.org/kencochrane/pypi-appengine and send you a pull
> request to do all of this since I recently did something similar for
> py3ksupport.appspot.com when I shut it down.
>

Brett,

If our goal is to shut it down, then yes please, if you can send a pull
request that would be great.. We should also probably remove it from the
pypi mirror pool before we do this so it no longer gets traffic sent it's
way.




>>
>>>
>>>> If we can get it up to date again, I think it is fine, but an out of
>>>> date mirror is not useful to anyone, and it could cause problems in the
>>>> long run.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. If yes to 1. if someone can take a minute to review my PR, and
>>>>> leave comments, or if you have the power, accept my pull request and push
>>>>> out a new version so we can get the mirror up to date.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have such permission sadly.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Thank you anyway.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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