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

[Eli Bendersky]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>wrote:

> 2013/9/27 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
> > On Sep 26, 2013, at 02:30 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> >
> >>- the module name should be "_ensurepip" in all versions
> >>- the PEP should explicitly state that the "don't remove _ensurepip
> >>and it's wheel files" caveat for redistributors applies only in 3.4+
> >>(where removing it will break pyvenv)
> >
> > I'm sorry that I probably won't be able to engage more on this thread,
> but I
> > think my points should be fairly well understood by the PEP czar and RM.
> > Should the PEP be accepted, I think both of these are good changes.
>
> And FWIW, I generally agree with Barry about adding things to 2.7.
>

+1. Not to mention the general problem of adding new features in
maintenance releases (what? it doesn't work for you? Check it's 2.7.6 and
not 2.7.5!) , at this point in the trajectory of Python 3.x and 2.7 it
sends a very wrong message.

Eli
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