On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Thomas Güttler < guettl...@thomas-guettler.de> wrote:
> If setuptools in inside Python, then different versions of Python each > have their matching version included. > > If a package has the need for newer version of setuptool, it provides the > hint somewhere: required_setuptools_version>=N.M > > Then the matching version from pypi gets downloaded first. > Isn't this what ensurepip already does??? Sure, it's called ensure *pip* but pip requires setuptools, so you get that out of the box. If in the future we have some nifty replacement for both setuptools and distutils, pip can just grab that, too... I think we're at the "someone needs to actually write the code" stage.... -CHB -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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