def __init__(self, url, **kwargs):
        """
        Initialise an instance.

        :param url: The URL to use for XML-RPC.
        :param kwargs: Passed to the superclass constructor.
        """
        super(PyPIRPCLocator, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.base_url = url
        self.client = ServerProxy(url, timeout=3.0)

        Initialise an instance.

        :param url: The URL to use for XML-RPC.
        :param kwargs: Passed to the superclass constructor.
        
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/_vendor/distlib/locators.py