[issue8371] Add a command to download distributions

[Éric Araujo]

New submission from Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org>:

Distutils2 should have a command responsible for downloading distributions. This would factor it out of other code in one clear location and allow users to download for later installation.

If setup.cfg files grow options for extras, test-requires, build-requires and such specific kinds of dependencies, matching options would appear on the download (or get) command.

Side note: Is it okay to post this as a bug or should I rather mail distutils-sig first? Or mail them now?

Regards

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assignee: tarek
components: Distutils2
messages: 102853
nosy: merwok, tarek
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add a command to download distributions
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.3

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