[Distutils] Setuptools 0.7.2 and Distribute 0.7 (compatibility wrapper) on PyPI

[Jason R. Coombs]

Donald,

                What's the next step to support this bootstrap script? Do we
need a ticket for PyPI to support this mechanism? How will PyPI resolve the
'latest' virtual link when there are multiple non-hidden versions (as with
setuptools 0.7.4 and 0.6c11), or does the uploader make that determination?

 

From: Donald Stufft [mailto:donald at stufft.io] 
Sent: Monday, 10 June, 2013 14:15
To: Jason R. Coombs
Cc: Tres Seaver; Distutils-Sig at Python.Org
Subject: Re: [Distutils] Setuptools 0.7.2 and Distribute 0.7 (compatibility
wrapper) on PyPI

 

 

On Jun 10, 2013, at 2:55 PM, "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco at jaraco.com
<mailto:jaraco at jaraco.com> > wrote:





There seems to be a dominant opinion that the file should be on PyPI, and I
don't disagree.

One issue is that the file must be mutable. It necessarily contains a
reference to the preferred version to be downloaded. That version changes
over time. It's typically incremented, but sometimes decremented.

It's possible the script could be updated to otherwise discover the most
appropriate version. As it's currently implemented however, the file must be
expected to change over time.

Because the file must change during each release, the system needs to be
able to accept an updated version. This is why the Bitbucket Link was
referenced, because it can include that version information.

I'm open to suggestions on how we can create a perma link to a file that
changes over time on PyPI.

 

Put a version in the filename/path, and have a "latest" tag that just 301
redirects to whatever is latest.

 

/bootstrap/setuptools/latest/ez_setup.py -> 301 Redirect to

/bootstrap/setuptools/0.7.2/ez_setup.py






For now, the most authoritative place I could think of for that file was the
bit bucket downloads. Let's identify a mechanism to do the same on PyPI and
get that into set of tools for the next release.

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