whatsnew: mention that upgrading PIP means it doesn't get unistalled.

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R David Murray 2014-03-11 14:57:30 -04:00
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:mod:`ensurepip` includes a bundled copy of ``pip``, up-to-date as of the first :mod:`ensurepip` includes a bundled copy of ``pip``, up-to-date as of the first
release candidate of the release of CPython with which it ships (this applies release candidate of the release of CPython with which it ships (this applies
to both maintenance releases and feature releases). ``ensurepip`` does not to both maintenance releases and feature releases). ``ensurepip`` does not
access the internet. (If the installation has Internet access, it is of course access the internet. If the installation has Internet access, after
possible to upgrade ``pip`` to a release more recent than the bundled ``pip`` ``ensurepip`` is run the bundled ``pip`` can be used to upgrade ``pip`` to a
by using the bundled ``pip`` command itself once it is installed.) more recent release than the bundled one. (Note that such an upgraded version
of ``pip`` is considered to be a separately installed package and will not be
removed if Python is uninstalled.)
The module is named *ensure*\ pip because if called when ``pip`` is already The module is named *ensure*\ pip because if called when ``pip`` is already
installed, it does nothing. It also has an ``--upgrade`` option that will installed, it does nothing. It also has an ``--upgrade`` option that will