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authorTarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek@gmail.com>2009-01-09 00:15:45 (GMT)
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r68415 | tarek.ziade | 2009-01-09 00:56:31 +0100 (Fri, 09 Jan 2009) | 1 line fixed #4394 make the storage of the password optional in .pypirc ........
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@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
(Contributed by Gregory P. Smith.)
+* It is not mandatory anymore to store clear text passwords in the
+ :file:`.pypirc` file when registering and uploading packages to PyPI. As
+ long as the username is present in that file, the :mod:`distutils` package
+ will prompt for the password if not present.
+ (Added by tarek, with the initial contribution of Nathan Van Gheem;
+ :issue:`4394`.)
.. ======================================================================
.. whole new modules get described in subsections here