How do I use easy_install and buildout when pypi is down?

Question

I am using buildout to automatically download and setup the many dependencies of my Plone installation. buildout more or less uses easy_install to download and install a bunch o

Answer 1

This page shows how to use the alternate mirror mentioned in @moraes post, but for easy_install, buildout and virtualenv as well as pip:

http://jacobian.org/writing/when-pypi-goes-down/