[Distutils] SNI support in pip

[Wichert Akkerman]

I just noticed that pip does not support SNI (on Python 2.7.8). This is a bit problematic for us since we use a private index on a server using SNI, and right pip always aborts with a certificate error. I found a year old ticket that seems related (https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/1511 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/1511> ) which suggested installing pyOpenSSL, pyasn1 and ndg-httpsclient as a workaround. This did not work for me either: I got a link error during installation.

I am wondering: with Python 2.7.9 about to be released with a backport of Python 3’s ssl module, can pip start supporting SNI without any external dependencies? That would be a huge help for people who need to use SNI.

Regards,
Wichert.
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