[Python-Dev] pip: cdecimal an externally hosted file and may be unreliable [sic]

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 9 May 2014 13:47:49 +0100
Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9 May 2014 13:25, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:
> >> You're claiming that Mercurial moved to hosting on PyPI solely because
> >> users suddenly needed to add a flag to install from pip? As opposed to
> >> because PyPI gave them a more reliable hosting platform, for example?
> >> OK. I certainly can't give any evidence to dispute that claim,
> >> although I'm surprised.
> >
> > I don’t know that for a fact but If my memory is correct that’s a reasonable
> > assumption based on the timeline.
> 
> As Stefan pointed out, improved PyPI infrastructure such as the CDN
> seems like a much more likely reason for Mercurial to have switched.

Here is the only reference I could find:
http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2013-July/052129.html

Regards

Antoine.