[lxml-dev] buildout lxml fetch 404 error since lxml-2.0alpha1

[Stefan Behnel]

Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>>>     Getting distribution for 'lxml'.
>>>     While:
>>>       Installing test.
>>>       Getting distribution for 'lxml'.
>>>     Error: Can't download
>>>     http://codespeak.net/svn/lxml/branch/lxml-2.0: 404 Not Found
>> Yep, that's because there isn't such a branch yet. It will become
>> available when 2.0 is released.
>>
>> I guess we should take that paragraph out till then...
> 
> The latest/pending update http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/lxml/2.0alpha2
> causes a different error for zc.buildout-1.0.0b30 in fetch-newest mode:
> 
>     Picked: zope.testbrowser = 3.4.1
>     Getting required 'lxml'
>       required by z3c.etestbrowser 1.0.2-r75829.
>     Getting distribution for 'lxml'.
>     While:
>       Installing test.
>       Getting distribution for 'lxml'.
>     Error: Can't download
>     http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/source/l/lxml/lxml-2.0alpha2.tar.gz:
>     404 Not Found
> 
> lxml-2.0alpha2.tar.gz is not (yet, temporarily) available at that URL. I
> think zc.buildout-1.0.0b30 uses the package's simple index:
> http://cheeseshop.python.org/simple/lxml/

Ah, didn't even know that existed...

I accidentally registered alpha2 when updating the branch link, as I had
already increased the trunk version. Should be fixed now.

Thanks for making me aware of this.

Stefan