fixed #4394 make the storage of the password optional in .pypirc
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst b/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst
index 66f712b..71b3ca1 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/uploading.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
The command is invoked immediately after building one or more distribution
files. For example, the command ::
- python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload
+ python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload
will cause the source distribution and the Windows installer to be uploaded to
PyPI. Note that these will be uploaded even if they are built using an earlier
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@
The :command:`upload` command uses the username, password, and repository URL
from the :file:`$HOME/.pypirc` file (see section :ref:`pypirc` for more on this
-file).
+file). If a :command:`register` command was previously called in the same command,
+and if the password was entered in the prompt, :command:`upload` will reuse the
+entered password. This is useful if you do not want to store a clear text
+password in the :file:`$HOME/.pypirc` file.
You can specify another PyPI server with the :option:`--repository=*url*` option::
- python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload -r http://example.com/pypi
+ python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload -r http://example.com/pypi
See section :ref:`pypirc` for more on defining several servers.
@@ -40,4 +43,3 @@
*section* the name of the section in :file:`$HOME/.pypirc`, and
:option:`--show-response` (which displays the full response text from the PyPI
server for help in debugging upload problems).
-