pip grabs tar.gz file instead of whl?

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/16/2015 12:12 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:

> The whole point is that setup.py never works because it can't find VS
> despite the fact that I know I've got the correct version installed.  If
> I download a whl file, pip installs that version perfectly. If I try to
> get pip to download and install the very same file it gave the zipfile
> error I referred to earlier.  Hopefully all the problems with pip will
> get ironed out, or where do we go, distutils3? :(

Unlike distutils, pip is being actively maintained and improved.  It 
must have a comm channel for bug reports and suggestions.

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Terry Jan Reedy