Missing documentation: The windows embeddable zip build does not contain the ensurepip module.
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Description
Missing documentation regarding ensurepip
The Windows Embeddable ZIP build does not (anymore?) contain the ensurepip module.
This is not documented.
I think it is worth mentioning this in the ensurepip module documentation and in the "Python on Windows" documentation.
The latter already mentions that pip is not supported for the Embeddable ZIP build.
But people like me think: OK, whether supported or not, I need pip, so let's use python -m ensurepip.
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Research direction
Start with the ensurepip module documentation and the “Python on Windows” documentation, reviewing their existing guidance about the Embeddable ZIP build and pip. Document that the build does not include ensurepip and clarify the resulting pip limitation in both relevant locations. Done means users are warned before attempting to bootstrap pip this way.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
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- 45/100