[$] PyPI, pip, and external repositories

A debate about Python modules—and where and how they are hosted—raged in early May on two separate Python mailing lists. There are a number of interrelated issues that make up the debate, but the core question seems to be: should the now-default pip package manager treat the "official" module repository differently than other repositories? Some see "external modules"—those not hosted at the Python Package Index (PyPI)—as a potential reliability problem, while others don't see much difference between external and PyPI-hosted modules.

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