Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 22:06, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:04 AM, John Torakis wrote: >> Dark times... >> >> So is it a "case closed", or is there any improvement that will make it >> worth it to be an stdlib module? >> >> I mean, tim

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
ke this module acceptable for stdlib, please let me know! I'd more than happily reform it and make it comply with Python stdlib requirements. John Torakis On 23/08/2017 21:48, Guido van Rossum wrote: > For security reasons. AFAIK HTTPS wasn't even invented at the time. > > On

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 21:41, Guido van Rossum wrote: > This isn't ever going to be a standard feature. It's available as a > third-party package and that's fine. > > I'd like to add a historic note -- this was first proposed around 1995 > by Michael McLay. (Sorry, I don't have an email sitting around, bu

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 21:24, Paul Moore wrote: > On 23 August 2017 at 18:49, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Still -1 on this becoming a stdlib package, as there's nothing I've >> yet seen that can't be done as a third-party package. But it's less >> scary than I thought it was :) > IMO, this would make a grea

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 21:11, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:04 AM, Bruce Leban wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:37 AM, John Torakis >> wrote: >>> >>> Github can be trusted 100% percent for example. >> >> This isn't even remotely

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 20:49, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:37 AM, John Torakis wrote: >> >> On 23/08/2017 20:36, John Torakis wrote: >>> Yeah, I am a security researcher, I am keen on backdoor programming and >>> staging and all that! It is my offi

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 21:04, Bruce Leban wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:37 AM, John Torakis <mailto:john.tora...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Github can be trusted 100% percent for example. > > > This isn't even remotely close to true. While I'd agre

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
Bounced back on list Forwarded Message Θέμα: Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S Ημερομηνία: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:36:19 +0300 Από:John Torakis Προς: Chris Angelico Yeah, I am a security researcher, I am keen on backdoor programming

Re: [Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
On 23/08/2017 20:36, John Torakis wrote: > Yeah, I am a security researcher, I am keen on backdoor programming and > staging and all that! It is my official job and research topic! I go to > the office and code such stuff! I am not a blackhat, nor a security > enthusiast,

[Python-ideas] Remote package/module imports through HTTP/S

2017-08-23 Thread John Torakis
ality from their early days (day one?). Python development can be greatly improved if a "try before pip installing" mechanism gets in place, as it will add a lot to the REPL nature of the testing/experimenting process. Thank you for your time, John Torakis, IT Security Researcher P.S: It