On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19 September 2013 14:27, Donald Stufft <don...@stufft.io> wrote: >> Major changes: >> >> * Removal of the option to fetch pip from PyPI in order not to modify the >> trust model of the Python installers >> * Consequently rename the model from ``getpip`` to ``extractpip`` > > If extractpip (I agree, I don't like the name, installpip is better) > only ever unpacks the bundled pip, and it's always run, why bother? > Why not just bundle pip directly into site-packages? The extra step > seems to add little or no value. > > Paul Well it's not always run (the PEP has it as an option in the installers that is checked by default) but even if it were always installed: - Nick has stated something about making it clear in the OSs installer DB which files are owned by Python and which are owned by pip - Upgrading becomes harder, instead of simply using pip's own mechanism the installer needs to take care not to clobber a user installed pip that is even newer than the bundled version. - "Fixing" a broken environment. If someone accidentally uninstalls pip this provides a simple way to reinstall it that doesn't require the old standby of getpip.py ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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