[Devel] Re-doing our dependency download system so it pulls most things in from linode.openhatch.org

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011, Asheesh Laroia wrote:

> Poor Vivek is stuck on a buildout error: 
> http://openhatch.org/bugs/issue344
>
> It's because of a bug in buildout + setuptools + sourceforge.net's HTTP 
> server + other crazy nonsense.

The problem on that ticket is caused by setuptools (used by buildout to 
download dependencies) -- when it tries to parse a HTTP response from 
sourceforge.net, it explodes.

In general, we've had lots of trouble with sites hosting tarballs of 
dependencies, or with the Python Package Index -- sometimes it links to 
sites that are down, for example.

So what I'm planning is:

* Keep using buildout

* Reconfigure it to search http://linode.openhatch.org/~paulproteus/ for 
tarballs, rather than searching the Python Package Index ("PyPI")

* If people need to add dependencies that are not there, you will have to 
add explicit download URLs to setup.py so that the tool system can find 
the tarball you need

I'd be interested to hear what other people think of this plan. I'm 
putting it together now; in general I'm open to feedback on it!

Attached is a patch that shows you what I've done so far (locally). I'm 
still working on it, but that shows you where I'm headed.

-- Asheesh.

-- 
He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream too.
 		-- Lewis Carroll
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