On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 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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Noah,
    External urls are still supported (Although discouraged).

Marc-Andre,
    There is documentation in the PEP, however I have another PEP
    coming up for a more streamlined upload process that also contains
    a much nicer method of sending external urls as well. So you might
    want to wait for that.

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