Repository navigation
removal: easy-install (pip-vs-easy-install page) - #2172
Merged
Merged
Conversation
This removes the easy-install page and most mentions. Minor modernization of parts this touches, such as replacing it as an example with uv. Signed-off-by: Henry Schreiner <[email protected]>
henryiii
changed the title
brettcannon
approved these changes
Oct 28, 2026
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
This removes the easy-install page and most mentions. Minor modernization of parts this touches, such as replacing
easy_installandsetup.pydirect invocation as alternative installer methods with uv.The new 404 page in #2165 means that if someone goes to the old version of this page, they should get a reasonable experience, no redirect needed.
📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://python-packaging-user-guide--2172.org.readthedocs.build/en/2172/