An FTP based Python Module repository (was Re: Imagemagick)

[jonathon]

On 4 Feb 2000, chris patti wrote:

>Skip Montanaro <skip at mojam.com> writes:
>> Why couldn't a CPAN-like thing be a web site?  Web sites can (and are)
>> mirrored all the time.
>There's no reason why it couldn't be, actually.

	ncftp ftp.python.org
	get *

	would grab everything on ftp.python.org, that was
	publically readable --- and could do it without
	me being present.

	http doesn't have quite that same functionality.

	xan

	jonathon