On Nov 19, 2013, at 07:07, Joshua Root wrote: > On 2013-11-19 23:52 , Peter Danecek wrote: >> >> if I interpret things correctly, the `http://` requests to PyPi are (now?) >> redirected to `https://` requests. Not sure if this was always the case, but >> I have a weak memory, that I was advised to uses `http` instead of `https`, >> not sure though. >> >> Now I am wondering if I should update to https, to avoid the redirect. > > Yes, that changed not so long ago. Yes, go ahead and update pypi URLs to > https if you notice them while working on a port. It's not a big problem > so I wouldn't go out of my way to fix it when there are more important > things to do.
But this kind of upstream hosting change is indeed the reason why we put service URLs in mirror_sites.tcl instead of hardcoding them into each portfile, and this would be a good opportunity to do that for pypi. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
