On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote:
Ensurepip is the mechanism that Python uses to bundle pip with Python. We > didn’t add pip to the stdlib, we added ensurepip to the stdlib. In 3.x the > makefiles and macOS/Windows installers will automatically run ensurepip > (however in both cases there are flags to disable running ensurepip— but it > defaults to On in 3.x). OK -- that makes sense. > > Or really, the question at hand: should a user starting from scratch > > with a python.org install of 3.7 run ensurepip? > > > > Or can they just go straight to: > > > > Python3 -m pip install —upgrade pip > > > > The intention behind ensurepip was that they could just go straight to > ``python3 -m pip install -U pip`` because the ensurepip was implicit when > they installed Python. However some downstream distributors have mucked > around with ensurepip in one way or another (ranging from not running it by > default, to out right disabling it). so I *think* that means that ensurepip still has a useful function, but if folks install python from the python.org installers (on Windows and OS-X) then they can upgrade pip right out of the box -- yes? -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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