[Distutils] Replacing pip.exe with a Python script

[Nick Coghlan]

On 16 July 2013 22:23, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 16 July 2013 12:42, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I thought that 64 bit Windows could run 32 bit Windows .exe files
>> (although I don't have a way to check this).
>
>
> Yes, but there are 32-bit and 64-bit exe wrappers, which I suspect is
> because a 32-bit exe can't load a 64-bit DLL (and may be vice versa). As I
> said, I don't know for sure at the moment, but it needs investigating.
>
> Grumble. Next time the label on the can says "worms" I need to leave the can
> opener alone :-)

I, for one, am happy you opened it now rather than in a few months time!

If Paul Nasrat takes up the challenge of documenting all the practical
issues associated with bundling pip with the CPython binary installers
as a PEP, I expect he will need to work closely with you to capture
the details on the Windows side of things.

Cheers,
Nick.

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