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diff --git a/EasyInstall.txt b/EasyInstall.txt index 2c0a6e11..9ffa9922 100755 --- a/EasyInstall.txt +++ b/EasyInstall.txt @@ -355,6 +355,14 @@ The above example would then allow downloads only from hosts in the ``python.org`` and ``myintranet.example.com`` domains, unless overridden on the command line. +Note that if you want to allow downloads from Sourceforge, you need to enable +the ``dl.sourceforge.net`` host. All Sourceforge mirror downloads are treated +as if they had this hostname. (If a download attempt from +``dl.sourceforge.net`` fails, it is automatically retried using a randomly +selected mirror IP drawn from the ``sf-mirrors.telecommunity.com`` round-robin +addres. The IP's, however, are not checked against the ``--allow-hosts`` +mask.) + Installing on Un-networked Machines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1198,6 +1206,10 @@ Release Notes/Change History * Fixed not recogninzing ``win32.exe`` installers that included a custom bitmap. + * Fixed SF downloads aborting when a SF mirror returns an HTML page when it + should've returned a 404. Fall back to ``sf-mirrors.telecommunity.com`` + round-robin address for SF mirrors if ``dl.sourceforge.net`` doesn't work. + 0.6c3 * You once again use "python -m easy_install" with Python 2.4 and above. |