[TIP] Mock 0.8.0b4: easy_install and pip treat differently...

[holger krekel]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 07:06 +0000, Chris Withers wrote:
> On 21/12/2011 02:30, Michael Foord wrote:
> >Maybe if I do a 0.8 beta 5 release I should just do a full pypi release with it - at least that would get more people testing the new code... ;-)
> 
> Release early, release often and all that; for me that'd mean
> getting the 0.8 package out there for everyone, users can always pin
> to <0.8 if they don't, for some insane reason, want to use 0.8.

FWIW i am maintaining an alternative pypi-server at
http://pypi.testrun.org where i put my betas of packages.  I then can
instruct people to use easy_install/pip install -i URL to use my betas
and get early feedback from issue creators.

best,
holger