On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Noah Kantrowitz wrote: > > On Jul 18, 2013, at 7:10 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > >> I would like to write a script to automatically register release URLs >> for PyPI packages. >> >> Is the REST API documented somewhere, or is the implementation the >> spec ? ;-) >> >> And related to this: >> >> Will there be an option to tell PyPI's CDN to cache the release >> URL's contents ? > > I think you are perhaps confused, the use of external URLs on PyPI is > formally deprecated. The way you inform the PyPI and the CDN network about > your package is you upload it to PyPI. pip 1.4 effectively disables "unsafe" > external URLs, and all external URLs will follow soon.
Someone reminded me that I'm only partially correct, the external URL stuffs will continue to be supported, but only as a convenience during package registration/upload. From the PoV of clients (and the CDN) everything will be local. --Noah
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