Bug 1279957 - python rpm requires python-pip
Summary: python rpm requires python-pip
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python
Version: 23
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Charalampos Stratakis
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 1274820 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-11-10 15:17 UTC by Haim Daniel
Modified: 2016-12-20 15:36 UTC (History)
17 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2016-12-20 15:36:39 UTC
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Description Haim Daniel 2015-11-10 15:17:06 UTC
Description of problem:
python rpm is dependent on python-pip rpm, while it should be the other way around, as it was in Fedora 20 packages and the way it is in RHEL7. 

This causes very bad behavior if removing python-pip, since that causes removal of python, hence dnf/yum and leaves the system in a very messy state.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 22:
python-2.7.10-8.fc23.x86_64
python-pip-7.1.0-1.fc23.noarch

Fedora 23:
python.x86_64 2.7.10-8.fc22
python-pip.noarch 6.0.8-1.fc22 

How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf remove -y python-pip

Actual results:
system without dnf, python

Expected results:
system with the python-pip only package removed.

Comment 1 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2016-01-29 13:05:41 UTC
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Comment 2 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2016-01-29 13:30:02 UTC
This is an upstream change. Since Python 2.7.9, Python comes with pip: https://docs.python.org/2/library/ensurepip.html

Perhaps we should add it as a weak dependency.

Comment 3 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2016-01-29 13:30:13 UTC
*** Bug 1274820 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Haim Daniel 2016-01-31 06:36:21 UTC
@Petr: perhaps the separate rpms are should be reconsidered and python.rpm should include pip as they do it in pip ?

Comment 5 Petr Viktorin (pviktori) 2016-02-01 08:57:28 UTC
Well, actualy it's a bit more complicated than just Python bundling Pip.

Pip has a faster release schedule, so Python's bundled copy will be outdated a few months after release. The bundled copy is used by the "ensurepip" module to ensure there's *some* version of Pip in newly created virtual evironments (by default). Users are then expected to upgrade that Pip and keep it up to date -- using Pip itself.

But, Fedora controls the system Pip, and keeps it up to date. Using "ensurepip" in Fedora will not install the (possibly old) Pip bundled with the original Python release, but the one from RPMs. We don't want to rebuild all of Python whenever Pip makes a new release.
All this is in line with upstream recommendations: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/#id49

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