On 10 Jul, 2013, at 11:40, Richard Jones <richard@python.org> wrote:
On 10 July 2013 19:08, Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s <at> gmail.com> writes:
pip without virtualenv in python 2 contexts is pretty rare (or at least *should* be <wink>) so I think I'll retain it in that bootstrap code.
Perhaps I misunderstand, but what's the relevance of Python 2 contexts here? Aren't we talking about Python 3.4 and later?
It makes sense to me (and Nick) to simplify the packaging overhead for users of Python 2. Currently the story is a bit of a mess (multiple sites with different approaches).
New features in a bugfix release? You better hope the RM doesn't hear :-) That said, 2.7 will be around for a while and adding a consistent installation experience to both 3.4 and 2.7 does sound attractive and adding a new script shouldn't have that many side effects. What about backporting pyvenv as well? I guess that's way too invasive for a bugfix release. Ronald