[Python-Dev] Backporting ensurepip to 2.7, Which commands to install?

[Guido van Rossum]

Yes.

On Friday, October 3, 2014, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:

> Whoops, I misred.
>
> So to be clear, you think:
>
> install -> pip, pip2, pip2.7
> altinstall -> pip2.7
>
> On Oct 3, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','guido at python.org');>> wrote:
>
> That's not what I meant. Python 2.7 does install "python" unless you use
> altinstall.
> On Oct 3, 2014 5:33 PM, "Donald Stufft" <donald at stufft.io
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','donald at stufft.io');>> wrote:
>
>> Ok, so neither Python 2.7 nor Python 3.x’s ensure pip command will
>> install a
>> ``pip`` binary by default without a flag. That's fine with me, just
>> wanted to
>> make sure it made sense for Python 2.x. Thanks!
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','guido at python.org');>> wrote:
>>
>> That is copying the (alt)install targets of Python's own Makefile, and I
>> think those are exactly right.
>> On Oct 3, 2014 3:07 PM, "Donald Stufft" <donald at stufft.io
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','donald at stufft.io');>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm working on the backport of ensurepip to Python 2.7, and I realized
>>> that
>>> I'm not sure which commands to install. Right now by default pip
>>> (outside of
>>> the context of ensurepip) will install pip, pip2, and pip2.7 if
>>> installed in
>>> Python 2.7. In Python 3's ensurepip we modified it so that it would
>>> install
>>> pip3, and pip3.4, but *not* pip if it was an "install", and only pip3.4
>>> if it
>>> was an "alt install".
>>>
>>> My question is, does this behavior make sense for ensurepip in 2.7? Or
>>> should
>>> it also install the "pip" command if it is an "install"?
>>>
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