On Sep 18, 2013, at 3:54 AM, "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@egenix.com> wrote:
> Not sure whether this is interesting for anyone, but since I saw some > threads about bootstrapping pip and setuptools, I though I might > throw in a tool which does this. > > For a while now, we've been making eGenix PyRun available, a Python > run time that fits into a single file on Unix: > > http://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun/ > > It's a great virtualenv replacement and doesn't rely on the system > provided Python installation. > > Now, to make installation of PyRun even easier, we added an install > script called install-pyrun: > > https://downloads.egenix.com/python/install-pyrun > > This script downloads the correct PyRun for the platform and > then goes on to bootstrap pip and setuptools fully automatically. > It does this by fetching the most recent versions of these tools > straight from PyPI, without relying on Python (or PyRun). > > The script is a simple bash script and uses curl or wget for > the fetch operation, so you get certificate checking, HTTPS, > etc. for free. Are you suggesting this as an alternative to PEP453 or just advertising it exists? ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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