Section for pluggable auth backend support #7
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Close #5.
What is the current situation/context?
Standard packaging tools currently only supports package indexes using basic authentication.
What ought to be fixed, made, or implemented?
See pypa/pip#4475 and pypa/twine#362. A shared interface and implementation for various alternative authentication method support can be developed for both tools (and maybe more), so organisations can choose to install them to be able to use e.g. Kerberos to secure their private package indexes.
What kinds of work are necessary to make this happen?