[Distutils] Download error on (…) hostname <proxy> doesn't match either of '*.c.ssl.fastly.net', (…) when running buildout behind proxy

[Jim Fulton]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Piotr Dobrogost <p at 2014.dobrogost.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is why I *always* use a clean python built from source.
>> I recommend people do the same, or use a virtualenv.
>
> Well, I read http://www.buildout.org/en/latest/docs/tutorial.html but
> nowhere there was virtualenv mentioned. I guess this might be due to
> the fact virtualenv didn't even exist in 2007 or was not popular? :) I
> somehow had an impression that one of the main features of buildout
> has always been isolation from system Python thus I did not even
> thought about running it inside virtualenv. However, looking now for
> "virtualenv" at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout/2.2.1 brought
> the following bullet from version 2.0.0:
>
> "Buildout no-longer tries to provide full or partial isolation from
> system Python installations. If you want isolation, use buildout with
> virtualenv, or use a clean build of Python to begin with."
>
> which is quite clear.
>
> Btw, what's the reason documentation at
> http://www.buildout.org/en/latest/docs/index.html is for ancient
> version 1.2.1?

Whimper.  Sadly, that's the most recent version independent of the doctests.

Jim

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