[issue8371] Add a command to download distributions

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[issue8371] Add a command to download distributions

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[issue8371] Add a command to download distributions

anatoly techtonik added the comment: There is a ready-to-use public domain code with a progress bar if you'll need it. http://pypi.python.org/pypi/wget/ -- nosy: +techtonik ___ Python tracker _

[issue8371] Add a command to download distributions

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: What would this command do precisely ? Are you thinking about a command that scans PyPI ? why this would be a command btw ? downloading a distribution is not a final goal, imho. Wouldn't it be simpler to have a simple function that provides this feature ? > I

[issue8371] Add a command to download distributions

New submission from Éric Araujo : Distutils2 should have a command responsible for downloading distributions. This would factor it out of other code in one clear location and allow users to download for later installation. If setup.cfg files grow options for extras, test-requires, build-requir