Create a stable & secure hosted link to the latest Setuptools/pip bootstrap script. #34
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Originally reported by: Ivoz (Bitbucket: Ivoz, GitHub: Ivoz)
Hi, as far as I know this is a desirable to provide a secure way to bootstrap into a "modern" python package installation environment.
@ncoghlan has advised me that currently it is planned to be hosted on pypi.python.org, available under their https connection.
Obvious use-case for this link would be to be allowed in documentation and setup scripts that wouldn't need to change with changes in Setuptools'/pip's version.
@r1chardj0n3s is currently writing a new pip-bootstrap for 3.4 (hopefully backportable)
AFAIK this would install latest versions of setuptools and pip, as they are rather symbiotic.
I just wished to create an issue to track progress of this and so I can update docs when it appears.
As of writing it can be found @ https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/0.8/ez_setup.py
Analogously, scripts for distribute are hosted under http://python-distribute.org/ although that is not under HTTPS currently. pip's can be found currently at https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py