title: I cannot install mysql-connector-python using pip
body: <p>I am trying to install <code>mysql-connector-python==1.0.12</code> as part of my project's automated installation, and I get the following error from <code>pip install</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Collecting mysql-connector-python==1.0.12 (from -r /tmp/requirements.txt (line 20))
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement mysql-connector-python==1.0.12 (from -r /tmp/requirements.txt (line 20)) (from versions: )
  No matching distribution found for mysql-connector-python==1.0.12 (from -r /tmp/requirements.txt (line 20))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Up until a few days ago it worked fine. I investigated a bit and found the following <a href="https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues/365/many-packages-have-empty-list-of-links" rel="noreferrer">issue in bitbucket.org</a>. Specifically, the following comment dated 28/12/2015:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>That should be blank, per PEP 470 using PyPI to link to a package not
    hosted by PyPI for automated installers to download (the /simple/
    index) was deprecated and scheduled for removal. Maintainers of the
    affected packages were emailed 3 months ago. The removal happened
    earlier today (a bug caused some oackages like Twisted which were
    hosted on PyPI to also have their links removed but that has been
    remedied). The maintainers of MySQL-connector-python should either
    upload to PyPI or direct their users to use either -f or
    --extra-index-url with a repository they maintain.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How can I have the installation of <code>mysql-connector-python==1.0.12</code> run smoothly?
  Do I need to set up my own repository?</p>