On 24 November 2015 at 06:47, Wes Turner <wes.turner@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Does this affect easy_install?
easy_install has validated certificates since distribute was merged
back into the project as part of setuptools 0.7 [1], and aside from
one issue with HTTPS tunnelling [2], the certificate verification code
has been stable since setuptools 1.3 [3].
> 2. If/because this affects easy_install,
> should the guidance / suggested package installation tool be [pip];
> because pip install_requires backports.ssl_match_hostname
setuptools/easy_install uses backports.ssl_match_hostname if it's
available, and otherwise has its own implementation.
Cheers,
Nick.
[1] https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html#id159
[2] https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html#id80
[3] https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/history.html#id123