2008/8/12 Jim Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Aug 12, 2008, at 4:41 AM, Tarek Ziade wrote: > ... > >> Since mirrors for PyPI and alternative egg servers are being , what about >> making the "index" variable in >> zc.buildout accept multiple values, like what find-links does ? >> > > > Buildout uses and tries hard to be compatible with setuptools. In > particular, it relies on the setuptools.package_index.PackageIndex class, > which only allows a single index to be provided.
Yes, I was thinking of handling several PackageIndex instances on zc.buildout side as a first thaught. We have started to play with several index instance in our Proxy, which assumes it does a bit of conflict/order resolving but it seems feasible. > If we want to allow multiple indexes to be used, then support should be > added to setuptools and easy_install first. It sounds right to do it on setuptools level yes, I'll add a feature request on setuptools tracker to see what Philip says then. Tarek > > Jim > > -- > Jim Fulton > Zope Corporation > > > -- Tarek Ziadé - Directeur Technique INGENIWEB (TM) - SAS 50000 Euros - RC B 438 725 632 Bureaux de la Colline - 1 rue Royale - Bâtiment D - 9ème étage 92210 Saint Cloud - France Phone : 01.78.15.24.00 / Fax : 01 46 02 44 04 http://www.ingeniweb.com - une société du groupe Alter Way
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