[Python-Dev] Submitting PEP 453 (pip bootstrapping) for pronouncement (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Oct 14 00:21:56 CEST 2013

On 14 Oct 2013 04:26, "Paul Moore" <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:

On 13 October 2013 13:43, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote: > Accordingly, in addition to adding the option to extract and install pip > during installation, this PEP proposes that the Windows installer (and > sysconfig) in Python 3.4 and later be updated to: > > - install scripts to PythonXY\bin rather than PythonXY\Tools\Scripts > - add PythonXY\bin to the Windows PATH (in addition to PythonXY) when the > PATH modification option is enabled during installation Then implication of this is that venv (and virtualenv, but that's less relevant to python-dev) should be updated to use a "bin" directory on Windows rather than the current "Scripts" directory. This would only be for 3.4, which means that virtualenv will need to make the directory name conditional on version, I guess.

The sysconfig directory scheme will change accordingly, so it may be possible to leverage that by basing the virtualenv layout on the default scheme.

Cheers, Nick.

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