[Python-Dev] Request for pronouncement on PEP 493 (HTTPS verification backport guidance) (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Nov 23 18:56:16 EST 2015


On 24 November 2015 at 06:47, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

1. Does this affect easyinstall?

easy_install has validated certificates since distribute was merged back into the project as part of setuptools 0.7 [1], and aside from one issue with HTTPS tunnelling [2], the certificate verification code has been stable since setuptools 1.3 [3].

2. If/because this affects easyinstall, should the guidance / suggested package installation tool be [pip]; because pip installrequires backports.sslmatchhostname

setuptools/easy_install uses backports.ssl_match_hostname if it's available, and otherwise has its own implementation.

Cheers, Nick.

[1] https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html#id159 [2] https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html#id80 [3] https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html#id123

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



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