On 9 May 2014 13:25, Donald Stufft <don...@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. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com