[Distutils] Need for respect (was: PEP 438, pip and --allow-external)

[Stefan Krah]

Noah Kantrowitz <noah at coderanger.net> wrote:
> > Coming back to PyPI: Its main purpose is having a central place to
> > register, search for and find packages. It doesn't matter where the
> > distribution files are hosted, as long as the installers can find them.
> 
> I understand you think that is the purpose of PyPI, but I'm trying to
> tell you that the people that work on PyPI and pip do not share this
> opinion, and as such it can be considered incorrect.

If only the opinions of the persons working on PyPI and pip matter, the
logical consequence would be to remove ensurepip from the tree.


Stefan Krah