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Rationale
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Historically pip has not had any dependencies except for setuptools itself,
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Historically pip has not had any dependencies except for ``setuptools`` itself,
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choosing instead to implement any functionality it needed to prevent needing
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choosing instead to implement any functionality it needed to prevent needing
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a dependency. However, starting with pip 1.5 we began to replace code that was
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a dependency. However, starting with pip 1.5, we began to replace code that was
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implemented inside of pip with reusable libraries from PyPI. This brought the
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implemented inside of pip with reusable libraries from PyPI. This brought the
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typical benefits of reusing libraries instead of reinventing the wheel like
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typical benefits of reusing libraries instead of reinventing the wheel like
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higher quality and more battle tested code, centralization of bug fixes
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higher quality and more battle tested code, centralization of bug fixes
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* **Making other libraries uninstallable.** One of pip's current dependencies is
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* **Making other libraries uninstallable.** One of pip's current dependencies is
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the ``requests`` library, for which pip requires a fairly recent version to run.
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the ``requests`` library, for which pip requires a fairly recent version to run.
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If pip dependended on ``requests`` in the traditional manner, then we'd either
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If pip depended on ``requests`` in the traditional manner, then we'd either
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have to maintain compatibility with every ``requests`` version that has ever
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have to maintain compatibility with every ``requests`` version that has ever
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existed (and ever will), OR allow pip to render certain versions of ``requests``
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existed (and ever will), OR allow pip to render certain versions of ``requests``
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uninstallable. (The second issue, although technically true for any Python
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uninstallable. (The second issue, although technically true for any Python
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