pip doesn't handle "use_distribute"

[vbabiy]

Pip doesn't have an option to create a virtualenv that uses distribute instead of setuptools.

Gael P. suggested a "-D" option

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issue/29
• Originally Reported By: Tarek Ziadé
• Originally Created At: 2009-11-23 16:34:32

[vbabiy]

Personally I think the entire pip -E option is more hassle than its worth, and
should just be dropped. Otherwise we're going to forever have requests to
mirror every virtualenv option with a pip option, which just seems silly. Now
that virtualenv automatically installs pip, just use virtualenv directly.

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Original Comment By: Carl Meyer

[vbabiy]

I agree with Carl and kinda remember being in a discussion about that with Ian
and others at Pycon during the pip BoF.

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Original Comment By: Jannis Leidel

[qwcode]

-E removed in pip 1.1