[Distutils] PEP 438, pip and --allow-external (was: "pip: cdecimal an externally hosted file and may be unreliable" from python-dev)

[Paul Moore]

OK, basically I get what you mean now.

On 9 May 2014 16:37, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:
> You’re unlikely to ever encounter an issue where adding —allow-external
> actually helps you, but adding it does make it more likely you’ll be hurt.

Well, it helps me in that I never need to think about whether I mean
allow-external or allow-unverifiable. That's a win, IMO...
Paul