Brett Cannon wrote: > Steve Dower wrote: >> Oscar Benjamin wrote: >>> Paul wrote: >>>> Given that the installer includes the py.exe launcher, if you leave the >>>> defaults, then at a command prompt "python" doesn't work. But that's fine, >>>> because "py" does. And if you have multiple versions of Python installed, >>>> you >>>> don't *want* python on PATH, because then you have to manage your PATH. Why >>>> bother when "py -2.7" or "py -3.3" does what you want with no path >>>> management? >>>> Once you want any *other* executables, though, you have to deal with PATH >>>> (especially in the multiple Pythons case). That is a new issue, and one >>>> that >>>> hasn't been thought through yet, and we don't have a good solution. >>> >>> From a user perspective I think that 'py -3.4 -m pip ...' is an improvement >>> as >>> it means I can easily install or upgrade for a particular python >>> installation (I >>> tend to have a few). There's no need to put Scripts on PATH just to run >>> pip. I >>> think this should be the recommended invocation for Windows users. >> Crazy idea: >> >> py install <other args> >> (or 'py --install ...', but I think 'py install' is currently invalid and >> could be used?) >> >> which the launcher executes identically to: >> >> py -m pip install <other args> >> >> (Implicitly extended to other relevant commands... I'm not proposing a >> complete list.) >> >> Pros: >> * allows implicit bootstrapping on first use (from a bundled pip, IMO, in >> case no network is available) > > Nick already killed this idea. Richard's original PEP proposed this and the > idea eventually was shot down.
Are you referring to the whole idea or just the implicit bootstrap? I followed the discussions about the latter, and it seemed that the problem was trying to bootstrap pip using pip. This is different (bootstrap pip from py) and I believe it does not have the same issues. > -Brett _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
