set data [eval ::PackageRepository::getFileViaHttp \
          [list $uri] [list 20] [list stdout] [list \
          [expr {!$verboseMetadataSubmit}]] $options]
    }

    set code [::PackageRepository::getResponseCodeFromRawData $data]
    set result [::PackageRepository::getResponseResultFromRawData $data]

    if {[::PackageRepository::isResponseCodeOk $code]} then {
      return $result
    } else {
      error [appendArgs \
          "failed to submit package metadata: " $data]
    }