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author | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2013-12-24 07:02:24 (GMT) |
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committer | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2013-12-24 07:02:24 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index f1aa364..cfbff37 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -90,39 +90,43 @@ New syntax features: New expected features for Python implementations: +* :ref:`pip should always be "available" <whatsnew-pep-453>` (:pep:`453`). * :ref:`Make newly created file descriptors non-inheritable <whatsnew-pep-446>` (:pep:`446`). * command line option for :ref:`isolated mode <using-on-misc-options>`, (:issue:`16499`). -* :ref:`improvements <codec-handling-improvements>` in the handling of - codecs that are not text encodings +* :ref:`improvements in the handling of codecs <codec-handling-improvements>` + that are not text encodings (multiple issues). * :ref:`A ModuleSpec Type <whatsnew-pep-451>` for the Import System (:pep:`451`). (Affects importer authors.) New library modules: -* :mod:`asyncio`: New provisonal API for asynchronous IO (:pep:`3156`). +* :mod:`asyncio`: New provisional API for asynchronous IO (:pep:`3156`). * :mod:`enum`: Support for enumeration types (:pep:`435`). * :mod:`ensurepip`: Bootstrapping the pip installer (:pep:`453`). * :mod:`pathlib`: Object-oriented filesystem paths (:pep:`428`). -* :mod:`selectors`: High-level and efficient I/O multiplexing, built upon the - :mod:`select` module primitives. +* :mod:`selectors`: :ref:`High-level and efficient I/O multiplexing + <whatsnew-selectors>`, built upon the :mod:`select` module primitives (part + of :pep:`3156`). * :mod:`statistics`: A basic numerically stable statistics library (:pep:`450`). * :mod:`tracemalloc`: Trace Python memory allocations (:pep:`454`). Significantly Improved Library Modules: * :ref:`Single-dispatch generic functions <whatsnew-singledispatch>` in - :mod:`functools` (:pep:`443`) -* New :mod:`pickle` :ref:`protocol 4 <whatsnew-protocol-4>` (:pep:`3154`) -* :ref:`SHA-3 (Keccak) support <whatsnew-sha3>` for :mod:`hashlib`. -* :ref:`TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 support <whatsnew-tls-11-12>` for :mod:`ssl`. + :mod:`functools` (:pep:`443`). +* New :mod:`pickle` :ref:`protocol 4 <whatsnew-protocol-4>` (:pep:`3154`). +* :ref:`SHA-3 (Keccak) support <whatsnew-sha3>` for :mod:`hashlib` + (:issue:`16113`). +* :ref:`TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 support <whatsnew-tls-11-12>` for :mod:`ssl` + (:issue:`16692`). * :mod:`multiprocessing` now has :ref:`an option to avoid using os.fork on Unix <whatsnew-multiprocessing-no-fork>` (:issue:`8713`). * :mod:`email` has a new submodule, :mod:`~email.contentmanager`, and a new :mod:`~email.message.Message` subclass (:class:`~email.contentmanager.EmailMessage`) that :ref:`simplify MIME - handling <whatsnew_email_contentmanager>`. + handling <whatsnew_email_contentmanager>` (:issue:`18891`). CPython implementation improvements: @@ -143,6 +147,8 @@ sections on deprecations and porting issues. New expected features for Python implementations ================================================ +.. _whatsnew-pep-453: + PEP 453: Explicit bootstrapping of pip in Python installations -------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -163,6 +169,12 @@ Makefile options. On Windows and Mac OS X, the CPython installers now offer the option to install ``pip`` along with CPython itself. +As `discussed in the PEP`__, platform packagers may choose not to install +``pip`` by default, as long as the command ``pip``, when invoked, provides +clear and simple directions on how to install ``pip`` on the platform. + +__ http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/#recommendations-for-downstream-distributors + .. note:: The implementation of PEP 453 is still a work in progress. Refer to @@ -343,6 +355,31 @@ For Python 3.4, this module is considered a :term:`provisional API`. :pep:`3156` - Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted: the "asyncio" Module PEP written and implementation led by Guido van Rossum. + +.. _whatsnew-ensurepip + +ensurepip +--------- + +The new :mod:`ensurepip` module is the primary infrastructure for the +:pep:`453` implementation. In the normal course of events end users will not +need to interact with this module, but it can be used to manually bootstrap +``pip`` if the automated bootstrapping into an installation or virtual +environment was declined. + +: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 +to both maintenance releases and feature releases). ``ensurepip`` does not +access the internet. (If the installation has Internet access, it is of course +possible to upgrade ``pip`` to a release more recent than the bundled ``pip`` +by using the bundled ``pip`` command itself once it is installed.) + +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 +cause it to install the bundled copy of ``pip`` if the existing installed +version of ``pip`` is older than the bundled copy. + + enum ---- @@ -376,6 +413,8 @@ For Python 3.4, this module is considered a :term:`provisional API`. PEP written and implemented by Antoine Pitrou. +.. _whatsnew-selectors: + selectors --------- |