[Python-Dev] PEP 477: selected ensurepip backports for Python 2.7 (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Sep 4 02:03:09 CEST 2014

On 1 September 2014 08:00, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

Earlier versions of PEP 453 proposed bootstrapping pip into a Python 2.7 maintenance release in addition to including it with Python 3.4.

That part of the proposal proved to be controversial, so we dropped it from the original PEP in order to focus on meeting the Python 3.4 specific release deadlines. This also had the benefit of working out the kinks in the bootstrapping processing as part of the Python 3.4 release cycle. However, we still think we should start providing pip by default to Python 2.7 users as well, at least as part of the Windows and Mac OS X installers.

I suggested off-list that, as Python 2.7 release manager, Benjamin would be a good candidate for BDFL-Delegate for this proposal, and both Guido and Benjamin agreed. The PEP has been updated accordingly: http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/909954e4ba43 (I also fixed a copy-and-paste error in the PEP status!)

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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