[Distutils] `setup.py register` can't create PyPI account.

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 12.07.2010 14:43, schrieb Fred Drake:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Takayuki Shimizukawa
> <shimizukawa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> However, the usage of the register command is written on a
>> manual (http://docs.python.org/distutils/packageindex.html), and
>> many people will meet with the same problem by using the method.
> 
> I guess it's been a long time since I've seen that menu!
> 
> This does indicate a bug, which should be fixed.  Part of the fix
> should include a test for PyPI that an account can be created using
> the interface invoked by distutils.

That is not feasible. It might be necessary to break distutils again,
for whatever reason. So I'd rather suggest to remove the "register user"
functionality from distutils, and direct users to web signup.

Regards,
Martin