Add the ability to download python from a private repository

[GolanTrevize10]

Description:
I want to be able to download python versions from a private repository instead of github.com.

Justification:
My workflows will run faster and no problems with rate limits

Are you willing to submit a PR?
Yes

[v-gowridurgad]

Hi @GolanTrevize10 ,
Thank you for creating this feature request. We will investigate it and get back to you as soon as we have some feedback.

[v-priyagupta108]

Hi @GolanTrevize10,
Happy to share that this is now supported as of #1302, which is merged in main and adds mirror and mirror-token inputs to download Python from a custom source such as a private repo or internal mirror instead of github.com. This should address the request here. The change will be available in the next release. Feel free to try it out and let us know if anything is missing or doesn't work as expected.

[v-priyagupta108]

Hi @GolanTrevize10, just checking in on this. Were you able to try the new mirror / mirror-token inputs from #1302? Let us know if it covers your use case or if anything's missing. Thanks!

[biancaAlexandru]

Hello,

This feature would be useful to my organization as well. We would like to use Artifactory as a source for the downloaded packages to make the setup step faster. We use self-hosted runners with ARC.

I have just tested the mirror input, but I get a warning, as can be seen in the attached screenshot:

Is there a reason why this works only for CPython?