If more than one URL appears to describe the exact same distribution, prefer

the shortest one.  This helps to avoid "table of contents" CGI URLs like the
ones on effbot.org.

--HG--
branch : setuptools
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/trunk/setuptools%4041550

EasyInstall.txt

@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@ Known Issues
  * Fixed ``.pth`` file processing picking up nested eggs (i.e. ones inside
    "baskets") when they weren't explicitly listed in the ``.pth`` file.
 
+ * If more than one URL appears to describe the exact same distribution, prefer
+   the shortest one.  This helps to avoid "table of contents" CGI URLs like the
+   ones on effbot.org.
+
 0.6a8
  * Update for changed SourceForge mirror format
  

pkg_resources.py

@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ class Distribution(object):
     hashcmp = property(
         lambda self: (
             getattr(self,'parsed_version',()), self.precedence, self.key,
-            self.location, self.py_version, self.platform
+            -len(self.location), self.location, self.py_version, self.platform
         )
     )
     def __cmp__(self, other): return cmp(self.hashcmp, other)