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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index ed6daee..dd992ed 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ New library modules: * :mod:`asyncio`: New provisonal API for asynchronous IO (:pep:`3156`). * :mod:`enum`: Support for enumeration types (:pep:`435`). +* :mod:`ensurepip`: Bootstrapping the pip installer (:pep:`453`). * :mod:`selectors`: High-level and efficient I/O multiplexing, built upon the :mod:`select` module primitives. * :mod:`statistics`: A basic numerically stable statistics library (:pep:`450`). @@ -123,6 +124,34 @@ CPython implementation improvements: Please read on for a comprehensive list of user-facing changes. + +PEP 453: Explicit bootstrapping of pip in Python installations +============================================================== + +The new :mod:`ensurepip` module (defined in :pep:`453`) provides a standard +cross-platform mechanism to boostrap the pip installer into Python +installations and virtual environments. + +.. note:: + + Only the first phase of PEP 453 has been implemented at this point. + This section will be fleshed out with additional details once those + other changes are implemented. + + Refer to :issue:`19347` for the progress on additional steps: + + * ``make install`` and ``make altinstall`` integration + * Windows installer integration + * Mac OS X installer integration + * :mod:`venv` module and :command:`pyvenv` integration + +.. seealso:: + + :pep:`453` - Explicit bootstrapping of pip in Python installations + PEP written by Donald Stufft and Nick Coghlan, implemented by + Donald Stufft, Nick Coghlan (and ...). + + .. _pep-446: PEP 446: Make newly created file descriptors non-inheritable |