> On 22 Mar 2024, at 20:28, Mats Wichmann via Python-list
> wrote:
>
> pip is still a separate package in the .rpm world. which makes sense on a
> couple of levels:
Yes it’s a separate package, but it’s always installed. At least on Fedora.
I agree it makes sense to package it separately, wh
On 3/22/24 11:45, Barry via Python-list wrote:
On 22 Mar 2024, at 15:25, Gilmeh Serda via Python-list
wrote:
Many if not most Linux distributions do not include pip by default.
Really? It came with Manjaro.
Debian and Ubuntu require you to install pip as a separate package.
Also puts
> On 22 Mar 2024, at 15:25, Gilmeh Serda via Python-list
> wrote:
>
>> Many if not most Linux distributions do not include pip by default.
>
> Really? It came with Manjaro.
Debian and Ubuntu require you to install pip as a separate package.
Also puts venv in its own package.
Fedora leaves
Am Do., 21.März.2024 um 18:58:26 schrieb Johanne Fairchild via Python-list:
r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
Johanne Fairchild wrote or quoted:
Why is a whl-package called a ``wheel''? Is it just a pronunciation for
the extension WHL or is it really a name?
PyPi in its ini
On 3/21/2024 4:19 PM, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
On 2024-03-21, MRAB via Python-list wrote:
As it's recommended to use the Python Launcher py on Windows, I use
that instead:
py -m pip install something
because it gives better support if you have multiple versions of
Python installe
On 2024-03-21, MRAB via Python-list wrote:
> As it's recommended to use the Python Launcher py on Windows, I use
> that instead:
>
> py -m pip install something
>
> because it gives better support if you have multiple versions of
> Python installed.
I adopted that practice years ago on Linux as
On 2024-03-21 11:36, Johanne Fairchild via Python-list wrote:
Why is a whl-package called a ``wheel''? Is it just a pronunciation for
the extension WHL or is it really a name?
Also, it seems that when I install Python on Windows, it doesn't come
with pip ready to run. I had to say
python -
r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
> Johanne Fairchild wrote or quoted:
>>Why is a whl-package called a ``wheel''? Is it just a pronunciation for
>>the extension WHL or is it really a name?
>
> PyPi in its initial state was named "cheese shop", as the famous
> part in the show "Mon
I believe that the name "Wheel" was a reference to "reinventing the
wheel". But I cannot find a quote to support this claim. I think the
general sentiment was that it was the second attempt by the Python
community to come up with a packaging format (first being Egg), and so
they were reinventing th
