Hi Paul, On 06/20/2012 09:29 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > As a specific example, one thing I would like to do is to be able to > set up a packaging.pypi client object that lets me query and download > distributions. However, rather than just querying PyPI (the default) > I'd like to be able to set up a list of locations (PyPI, a local > server, and maybe some distribution files stored on my PC) and combine > results from all of them. This differs from the mirror support in that > I want to combine the lists, not use one as a fallback if the other > doesn't exist. From the documentation, I can't tell if this is > possible, or a feature request, or unsupported... (Actually, there's > not even any documentation saying how the URL(s) in index_url should > behave, so how exactly do I set up a local repository anyway...?)
This is perhaps a tangent, as your point here is to point out what the API of packaging.pypi ought to allow - but pip's PackageFinder class can easily do exactly this for you. Feel free to follow up with me for details if this is actually still a problem you need to solve. Carl _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
