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

[Nick Coghlan]

On 1 October 2013 00:35, Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> Splitting into two pieces also means you can implement it for 3.4
> first and identify possible problems caused by preexisting pip
> installs before deciding whether to add it to 2.7 and 3.3.

One of the key reasons for using the bootstrap mechanism rather than
just bundling pip is so that the installers for maintenance releases
won't have any more trouble with pre-existing installs of pip than pip
itself does :)

But yes, there are several advantages to splitting the PEP:

- the Python 3.4 changes are non-controversial, so it makes sense to
get them officially accepted
- the Python 3.4 beta deadline is closer than the deadlines for the
3.3.3 and 2.7.6 maintenance releases
- it allows the full extent of the changes proposed for backporting to
be clear prior to the reconsideration of the separated PEP
- a Windows installer for pip could be made available well in advance
of the 3.3.3 and 2.7.6 maintenance releases
- it allows a chance to see if a separate Windows installer for pip
and documenting the bootstrapping instructions in the "Installing
Python Modules" guide for older releases is sufficient to get new
users over the "getting started with PyPI" barrier

Cheers,
Nick.

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