system Python site-packages directory, to sys.path for macOS framework builds.
The coupling between the two Python instances often caused confusion and, as
of macOS 10.12, changes to the site-packages layout can cause pip component
installations to fail. This change reverts the effects introduced in 2.7.0
by Issue #4865. If you are using a package with both the Apple system Python
2.7 and a user-installed Python 2.7, you will need to ensure that copies of
the package are installed with both Python instances.
This changes the main documentation, doc strings, source code comments, and a
couple error messages in the test suite. In some cases the word was removed
to fix the grammar.
The backport of ensurepip to 2.7.9 allows pip to optionally be installed
or upgraded using the bundled pip provided by the new ensurepip module.
The option can be specified persistently using the configure option:
./configure --with-ensurepip[=upgrade|install|no]
It can also be overridden on either the "install" or "altinstall" targets:
make [alt]install ENSUREPIP=[upgrade|install|no]
For Python 2, the default option is "no" (do not install pip).
* Backports ensurepip to the 2.7 branch
* Backports some of the improved documentation to the 2.7 branch.
* Adds a private backport of the 3.x mock library as test._mock_backport
to enable saner testing of ensurepip.
Key Differences from 3.x:
* Ensurepip does not have any Makefile integration, specifically
it is not ran by default in the Makefile.
* There is no venv module in 2.7, so downstream distributors can
completely disable ensurepip, ideally with a message redirecting
to the correct way to install pip.
* To match the ``python`` command in 2.7, ensurepip will install
the unversioned ``pip`` command as well.
* No-op and hide --default-pip and add --no-default-pip to restore
the 3.x behavor on 2.7.
- refers to release PEP for lifecycle information
- refers to Python Package Index for migration tools
- covers enhancements added in maintenance releases
Closes issue #21569
Martin Panter
Ned Deily
Serhiy Storchaka
Donald Stufft
Georg Brandl
Nick Coghlan
Benjamin Peterson
Ned Deily
Antoine Pitrou
R David Murray
Sandro Tosi
Ezio Melotti