[Python-cuba] Fwd: Request for PyPI mirror

Pablo Mestre pmdcuba at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 16:46:35 EDT 2016


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From: Albrecht Mühlenschulte <albrecht at muehlenschulte.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:58:36 +0200
Subject: Re: [Python-cuba] Request for PyPI mirror
To: pmdcuba at gmail.com

Hola Pablo,

I'll try to bring a copy of the PyPi, am already downloading for 3 days
;) and have 179GB on a Harddisk.

Best
	Albrecht

On 18 Apr 2016, at 14:50, Pablo M. Drake wrote:
> -------- Mensaje original --------
> Asunto: 	[Python-cuba] Request for PyPI mirror
> Fecha: 	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 01:58:53 -0500
> De: 	Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com>
> Para: 	python-cuba at python.org
>
>
>
> Hello !
>
> In CubaConference 2016 , more exactly on April 27th , I'll be running
> a development sprint in Havana . It'd be useful for us to setup a PyPI
> mirror [1]_ it is just something we can not afford in Cuba . I mean ,
> I've read that the size of such a clone used to be about 120GB (i.e.
> 125,829,120 KB) [2]_ , whereas other sources suggest it takes about
> 180 GB . If my maths skills don't betray me then downloading it at 130
> KBps (which is the max speed I've seen when connecting to ETECSA
> public WiFi hotspots) would take about 16131 hours (i.e. 672 days) and
> would cost $32262 USD .
>
> So , in a few words , if there's anyone coming to Havana in the next
> few days and keen to prepare a PyPi mirror we can publish in a local
> network and use during CubaConf 2016 sprints , please contact me .
> Thanks in advance !
>
> .. [1]
> http://python-packaging-user-guide.readthedocs.org/en/latest/mirrors/#complete-mirror-with-bandsnatch
>
> .. [2]
> https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda-repository/mirrors-pypi-repository
>
> .. [3] http://www.parsedcontent.com/2015/11/creating-pypi-mirror.html
>
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>
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