drop easy_install script and associated documentation

docs/index.txt

@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ Documentation content:
    python3
    development
    roadmap
-   Deprecated: Easy Install <easy_install>
    history

setup.cfg

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 zip_safe = True
 python_requires = >=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*
-py_modules = easy_install
 packages = find:
 
 [options.packages.find]

setup.py

@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@ def read_commands():
     return command_ns['__all__']
 
 
-def _gen_console_scripts():
-    yield "easy_install = setuptools.command.easy_install:main"
-
-    # Gentoo distributions manage the python-version-specific scripts
-    # themselves, so those platforms define an environment variable to
-    # suppress the creation of the version-specific scripts.
-    var_names = (
-        'SETUPTOOLS_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT',
-        'DISTRIBUTE_DISABLE_VERSIONED_EASY_INSTALL_SCRIPT',
-    )
-    if any(os.environ.get(var) not in (None, "", "0") for var in var_names):
-        return
-    tmpl = "easy_install-{shortver} = setuptools.command.easy_install:main"
-    yield tmpl.format(shortver='{}.{}'.format(*sys.version_info))
-
-
 package_data = dict(
     setuptools=['script (dev).tmpl', 'script.tmpl', 'site-patch.py'],
 )
@@ -125,9 +109,6 @@ def pypi_link(pkg_filename):
             "depends.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:warn_depends_obsolete",
             "dependency_links.txt = setuptools.command.egg_info:overwrite_arg",
         ],
-        "console_scripts": list(_gen_console_scripts()),
-        "setuptools.installation":
-            ['eggsecutable = setuptools.command.easy_install:bootstrap'],
     },
     dependency_links=[
         pypi_link(

setuptools/command/easy_install.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 __all__ = [
     'samefile', 'easy_install', 'PthDistributions', 'extract_wininst_cfg',
-    'main', 'get_exe_prefixes',
+    'get_exe_prefixes',
 ]
 
 
@@ -2283,59 +2283,6 @@ def current_umask():
     return tmp
 
 
-def bootstrap():
-    # This function is called when setuptools*.egg is run using /bin/sh
-    import setuptools
-
-    argv0 = os.path.dirname(setuptools.__path__[0])
-    sys.argv[0] = argv0
-    sys.argv.append(argv0)
-    main()
-
-
-def main(argv=None, **kw):
-    from setuptools import setup
-    from setuptools.dist import Distribution
-
-    class DistributionWithoutHelpCommands(Distribution):
-        common_usage = ""
-
-        def _show_help(self, *args, **kw):
-            with _patch_usage():
-                Distribution._show_help(self, *args, **kw)
-
-    if argv is None:
-        argv = sys.argv[1:]
-
-    with _patch_usage():
-        setup(
-            script_args=['-q', 'easy_install', '-v'] + argv,
-            script_name=sys.argv[0] or 'easy_install',
-            distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands,
-            **kw
-        )
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def _patch_usage():
-    import distutils.core
-    USAGE = textwrap.dedent("""
-        usage: %(script)s [options] requirement_or_url ...
-           or: %(script)s --help
-        """).lstrip()
-
-    def gen_usage(script_name):
-        return USAGE % dict(
-            script=os.path.basename(script_name),
-        )
-
-    saved = distutils.core.gen_usage
-    distutils.core.gen_usage = gen_usage
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        distutils.core.gen_usage = saved
-
 class EasyInstallDeprecationWarning(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
     """Class for warning about deprecations in EasyInstall in SetupTools. Not ignored by default, unlike DeprecationWarning."""
 

setuptools/tests/test_easy_install.py

@@ -467,22 +467,24 @@ def test_setup_requires_honors_fetch_params(self, mock_index, monkeypatch):
         """
         monkeypatch.setenv(str('PIP_RETRIES'), str('0'))
         monkeypatch.setenv(str('PIP_TIMEOUT'), str('0'))
-        with contexts.quiet():
-            # create an sdist that has a build-time dependency.
-            with TestSetupRequires.create_sdist() as dist_file:
-                with contexts.tempdir() as temp_install_dir:
-                    with contexts.environment(PYTHONPATH=temp_install_dir):
-                        ei_params = [
-                            '--index-url', mock_index.url,
-                            '--exclude-scripts',
-                            '--install-dir', temp_install_dir,
-                            dist_file,
-                        ]
-                        with sandbox.save_argv(['easy_install']):
-                            # attempt to install the dist. It should
-                            # fail because it doesn't exist.
-                            with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
-                                easy_install_pkg.main(ei_params)
+        monkeypatch.setenv(str('PIP_VERBOSE'), str('1'))
+        # create an sdist that has a build-time dependency.
+        with TestSetupRequires.create_sdist() as dist_file:
+            with contexts.tempdir() as temp_dir:
+                setup_py = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'setup.py')
+                with open(setup_py, 'w') as fp:
+                    fp.write('__import__("setuptools").setup()')
+                temp_install_dir = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'target')
+                os.mkdir(temp_install_dir)
+                with contexts.environment(PYTHONPATH=temp_install_dir):
+                    # attempt to install the dist. It should
+                    # fail because it doesn't exist.
+                    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+                        run_setup(setup_py, ['easy_install',
+                                             '--exclude-scripts',
+                                             '--index-url', mock_index.url,
+                                             '--install-dir', temp_install_dir,
+                                             dist_file])
         # there should have been one requests to the server
         assert [r.path for r in mock_index.requests] == ['/does-not-exist/']
 

setuptools/tests/test_namespaces.py

@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ def test_pkg_resources_import(self, tmpdir):
         target.mkdir()
         install_cmd = [
             sys.executable,
-            '-m', 'easy_install',
-            '-d', str(target),
-            str(pkg),
+            '-m', 'pip.__main__', 'install',
+            '-t', str(target), str(pkg),
         ]
         with test.test.paths_on_pythonpath([str(target)]):
             subprocess.check_call(install_cmd)