On 15 June 2010 13:20, Michael Crute <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:49 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[email protected]> wrote: > > As mentioned, I've been working on a proposal text for the cloud idea. > > Here's a first draft. Please have a look and let me know whether I've > > missed any important facts. Thanks. > > What about a set of volunteer mirrors of PyPi similar to the way CPAN > and Linux distributions handle this problem. pypi.python.org? That > approach eliminates any cost for the PSF and might ultimately result > in better reliability. With the volunteer mirror system you would > still statically generate the files and just make them available for > rsync then setup a page to allow mirrors to register (see CPAN). If > you take this approach I would be happy to donate a mirror to the > pool. > >
>From the document: "Projects are underway to enhance PyPI in various ways, including a proposal to add external mirroring (PEP 381), but these are all far from being finalized or implemented." Just saying "mirroring" is not a solution in itself - that also takes time and effort. Michael > -- > Michael E. Crute > http://mike.crute.org > > It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problem just with > potatoes. --Douglas Adams > _______________________________________________ > Catalog-SIG mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk
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