[Python-ideas] More "ensure*" packages

[Steve Dower]

On 13Aug2015 1031, Joonas Liik wrote:
>> Currently, we bundle pip (and some of its dependencies - let's avoid that
>> particular discussion right now please, it's on python-dev) and install it
>> by default in a way that lets users easily update to the latest version.
>> Including pip in the standard library would lock users into a specific
>> version for the lifetime of that Python version, which would be a bad thing.
>
> pip install --upgrade pip
> has worked well every time i have tried it..
>
>
> I would like to mention that dealing with any package that
> has a c-extension is utter pain under windows tho,
>
> ..especially if you want somebody else to be able to run your code,
> how is not a dev.

We are well aware of those issues, but it is completely off-topic for 
this thread.

Cheers,
Steve