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

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Fri Sep 27 20:50:22 CEST 2013


On 9/27/2013 10:26 AM, Paul Moore wrote: [snip longish post] I want to summarize the main points of what I believe Paul said and strongly agree with them.

I add: just how that is accomplished is not the users concern, except possibly for using the net to check for a later version of pip. Also, we can encourage but not command Enthought and ActiveState to do the same suite in their plus distributions.

I add: for 2.7/3.3, there is consequently no need for _ensurepip to be in /Lib after installation, even if temporarily added*. If it is not there, there is no change the the stdlib, and hence no violation of the 'no new features' policy. The optional installation of pip is not a change to Python itself.

-- Terry Jan Reedy



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