> On Jan 25, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 25 January 2017 at 17:20, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote: >> Right, so what's the recommended one-step way to set up a virtualenv now in >> Py 2.6-3.6? > > This is the point I would consider most significant here. Virtualenv > is deliberately built to allow use offline - pip, wheel and setuptools > are bundled so that it's possible to create a virtualenv without > needing Internet access. This change to setuptools will, if I > understand it, break that expectation. > > While it's not a common scenario, I think it's something that should > be considered. Going forward, I see a number of options for > virtualenv: > > 1. Bundle all of setuptools' dependencies as well. > 2. Drop the "no internet required" constraint - if we do this, it may > be reasonable to only bundle pip, and get latest versions of > everything else from PyPI. > 3. Drop auto-installing setuptools (it's not needed unless you're > installing from sdist, and it's only a "pip install setuptools" away > for people who need it). > 4. Document the changed behaviour by saying that no internet is > required as long as you use --no-setuptools. > > Thoughts, anyone? Is the situation common enough to warrant anything > other than (4)? It used to be for me, when pip didn't cache downloads > and I had a secured proxy to deal with, but now I'd be OK with (4). >
If we get PEP 518 landed in pip I think that (3) is the right step forward. — Donald Stufft
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