[New-bugs-announce] [issue34556] Add --upgrade to venv module

[Cooper Lees]

New submission from Cooper Lees <me at cooperlees.com>:

I'd like to propose add a `--upgrade` to venv module to automatically update pip and potentially setuptools if supplied. This will allow ensuring you have the latest and greatest of these core components.

Example Usage:
python3 -m venv --upgrade /tmp/awesome_venv

This will allow me to skip my next command that I usually always do:
/tmp/awesome_venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

Thoughts? If people are happy, I will look at doing the PR. 

I would envision I'll either import (which seems to be a no no from pip maintainers) the upgrade code or just fork pip ...

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 324431
nosy: cooperlees
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add --upgrade to venv module
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.8

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