Consider moving the pip package away from sourceforge

[FLamparski]

Currently, the url for basemap in pypi points at https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/matplotlib/matplotlib-toolkits/basemap-1.0.7/basemap-1.0.7.tar.gz. This means that in order to install basemap, one has to type the rather scary-looking and lengthy pip3 install --allow-external basemap --allow-unverified basemap basemap. Given this and some relatively shady stuff sourceforge have engaged in recently, I think it's a good idea for you to move the distribution and update the pypi listing accordingly.

[markmuetz]

I've found this too, it makes installation of basemap a bit of a pest when using pip. And I'd echo the sentiments about sourceforge as well.

[WeatherGod]

These are valid points, and it is something to consider. Previously, the
limitation in hosting the basemap package on pypi has been its size.
Perhaps that can be revisited?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Mark Muetzelfeldt <notifications@github.com

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I've found this too, it makes installation of basemap a bit of a pest when
using pip. And I'd echo the sentiments about sourceforge as well.

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[matthew-brett]

Relevant thread : matplotlib/matplotlib#2715 Maybe file size limit of 50MB?

[WeatherGod]

Thread rezz-ing.
@dstufft, you have helped us out before with file-size limits for matplotlib on PyPi (matplotlib/matplotlib#2715). The problem is significantly worse for basemap, as the tarball is just under 130MB. What are our options?

[dstufft]

If you can wait until Warehouse is ready (scheduled to be early 2016), we'll have the ability to allow larger file sizes for specific projects so we can whitelist particular ones to have larger upload limits (our theoretical maximum will be several GB... but at some point we start running into problems with the cost of storing multiple releases of giant packages). In any case, 130MB for a well established project like matplotlib shouldn't be an issue once we can loosen the restrictions on a per project basis.

[fbender]

@dstufft Is Warehouse ready to be used for basemap now? As far as I can see it's still in development but at least partially operational.
@WeatherGod Would it be a good idea to test hosting basemap there now?

[dstufft]

Yea, you can upload to Warehouse now, but you'll want to be aware of pypi/warehouse#1194.

[WeatherGod]

Is that true even if the package was never hosted on pypi directly? basemap
was always hosted from sourceforge.

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Yea, you can upload to Warehouse now, but you'll want to be aware of
pypi/warehouse#1194 pypi/warehouse#1194.

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[dstufft]

Yea, but you only have to do it once each time you upload (and once the issue is fixed, never again).

[quang-ha]

What is the current stage of this issue? I an trying to write some tutorials using basemap, and I want to minimilise the effort of installing it.