[Distutils] self.introduce(distutils-sig)

[Daniel Holth]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20 March 2013 18:29, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:
>> Why can't unofficial binaries just use a separate index? e.g. Christoph can just make an index with his binaries.
>>
>> This solution also works well if someone wants to maintain a curated PyPI.
>
> The only real issue I know of is hosting. I've thought about doing
> this myself, but don't have (free) hosting space I could use, and I
> don't really feel like paying for and setting something up on spec. I
> could host the files somewhere like bitbucket, but that feels like an
> abuse for any substantial number of packages.
>
> I presume Christoph doesn't publish his binaries as an index because
> wininst installers are typically downloaded and installed
> manually.Although AIUI, easy_install could use them if they were in
> index format.
>
> But you're right, people *can* do that.
> Paul.

If we know who to ask we can get hosting (not my area of expertise).