PIP built-in sounds like a dream :) Is there anything I can help out on testing this?
On 6 May 2014 09:37, Vernon D. Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> wrote: > The following post appeared in Jython-dev this morning. > > I think that this might be a really good idea for IronPython, too, > especially now that there is a patch for setuptools so that it will not > choke on Iron. > > Should this be included as a work item in our tracker? > -- > Vernon Cole > v v v v v v v > > Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 12:24:41 -0600 > From: Jim Baker <jim.ba...@python.org> > Subject: [Jython-dev] Supporting ensurepip in beta 4 > To: Jython Developers <jython-...@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <cal9rhrx8hnzfvrx4ync6za7mc8tbowjc7+b16w2yehvwvg8...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I just had a nice conversation on #pypa-dev re ensurepip, which is part of > Python 3.4 and will also be bundled in PyPy 2.3, which supports both 2.7 > and 3.4 versions of Python. I recommend that Jython 2.7 do the same, given > that like PyPy we are under active development, unlike CPython 2.7. > > We should be able to do this in time for beta 4. > > ensurepip (https://docs.python.org/3/library/ensurepip.html) provides > support for having a bundled version of pip, which is then used to install > the current version of pip in a matter that's transparent to the user. > Jython simply needs to bundle the required pip and setuptools wheels and > the ensurepip package in stdlib. > > This will mean that our users will have pip immediately available to them > upon installing Jython, with no extra steps required. PyPy has done the > hard work to provide a 2.7-compatible version. More rationale here: > http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/ > > This timeline depends on a pull request I made against pip's vendor lib > dependency html5lib-python getting made, but I don't expect us to see any > blockers there. > > - Jim > ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironpython-users mailing list > Ironpython-users@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ironpython-users > _______________________________________________ Ironpython-users mailing list Ironpython-users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ironpython-users
