[Python-cuba] Request for PyPI mirror

[Olemis Lang]

On 4/18/16, Olemis Lang <olemis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello !
>
> In CubaConference 2016 , more exactly on April 27th , I'll be running
> a development sprint in Havana . It'd be useful for us to setup a PyPI
> mirror [1]_ it is just something we can not afford in Cuba . I mean ,
> I've read that the size of such a clone used to be about 120GB (i.e.
> 125,829,120 KB) [2]_ , whereas other sources suggest it takes about
> 180 GB . If my maths skills don't betray me

... and they did ...

> then downloading it at 130
> KBps (which is the max speed I've seen when connecting to ETECSA
> public WiFi hotspots) would take about 16131 hours (i.e. 672 days)

it's 60 times less (1h = 3600 seconds not 60) , so it'd be 268 hours
(i.e. 11 days)

> and
> would cost $32262 USD .
>

... and it would cost $576 USD

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Regards,

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