Merge pull request #5520 from pradyunsg/misc/remove-old-get-pip

Remove the old get-pip.py shim

MANIFEST.in

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ recursive-exclude src/pip/_vendor *.pyi
 prune .github
 prune docs/build
 prune news
-prune contrib
 prune tasks
 prune tests
 prune tools

contrib/get-pip.py

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import sys
-
-
-def main():
-    sys.exit(
-        "You're using an outdated location for the get-pip.py script, please "
-        "use the one available from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
-    )
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()

news/5520.removal

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Remove the shim for the old get-pip.py location.
+
+For the past 2 years, it's only been redirecting users to use the newer
+https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py location.