[Distutils] easy_install deprecated?

[Wes Turner]

On Jun 18, 2015 8:17 AM, "Thomas Güttler" <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de>
wrote:
>
> Some packages have docs like this:
>
> {{{
> Installation
> ==========
>
> easy_install foo
>
> or
>
> pip install foo
> }}}
>
> Maybe I am too new in the python packaging world, but
> for my eyes calling easy_install looks deprecated.
>
> My goal is to make the python world more friendly for newcomers.
>
> Are there still reason to use easy_install and not pip?

easy_install does not install
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports.ssl_match_hostname ; so, before
Python 2.7.9, easy_install does not check SSL certs correctly:

* https://docs.python.org/2/library/ssl.html
* http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0466

TLDR definitely use pip w/ less than Python 2.7.9.

>
> I would like to make the docs more readable and remove
> the word "or" from them. Things should be straight forward
> for newcomers and experts know how to help themselves.
>
> What do you think?
>
> For people loving details: this mail checks if there is a general
consensus. It does not
> matter which packages I refer to.
>
> Regards,
>   Thomas Güttler
>
>
>
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