[BUG] easy_install bzr is broken

[Martin Pool]

2009/9/26 John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com>:
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> Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>>  Just reported in ru_bzr that easy_install bzr no more works:
>>
>>     easy_install bzr
>>     Searching for bzr
>>     Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/bzr/
>>     Reading http://www.bazaar-vcs.org/
>>     Reading http://bazaar-vcs.org/Download
>>     Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/bzr/1.17
>>     No local packages or download links found for bzr
>>     error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('bzr')
>>
>>
>> (I can't file a bug right now, but this is critical for 2.0 IMO).
>>
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> That is part of the issue with having Ian move all of the download links
> away from the Download page.
>
> Possibly we just need to upload a new entry to PyPi to indicate where
> the files should be downloaded from. Our setup.py still lists:

Maybe we can point it to <https://launchpad.net/bzr/+download>?  That
should have all of the source tarballs with less tradeoffs about
manual maintenance or keeping the page trimmed to a reasonable size
for human use?

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Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>