[Python-Dev] Submitting PEP 453 (pip bootstrapping) for pronouncement

[Nick Coghlan]

On 14 Oct 2013 04:26, "Paul Moore" <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 13 October 2013 13:43, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Accordingly, in addition to adding the option to extract and install
``pip``
> > during installation, this PEP proposes that the Windows installer (and
> > ``sysconfig``) in Python 3.4 and later be updated to:
> >
> > - install scripts to PythonXY\bin rather than PythonXY\Tools\Scripts
> > - add PythonXY\bin to the Windows PATH (in addition to PythonXY) when
the
> >   PATH modification option is enabled during installation
>
> Then implication of this is that venv (and virtualenv, but that's less
> relevant to python-dev) should be updated to use a "bin" directory on
> Windows rather than the current "Scripts" directory. This would only
> be for 3.4, which means that virtualenv will need to make the
> directory name conditional on version, I guess.

The sysconfig directory scheme will change accordingly, so it may be
possible to leverage that by basing the virtualenv layout on the default
scheme.

Cheers,
Nick.

>
> Paul.
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