The pip ssl mess on Mac OS X: ways forwards

[watso...@gmail.com]

Right now pip doesn't work in the binary distributions due to the absence of the ssl module. This is apparently due to licensing restrictions, thanks to the terrible license of OpenSSL.

My suggestion is that we hack together  a build curl+NSS, which is freely redistributable. Then as part of the post-install fixup the curl grabs OpenSSL and the ssl python module, and we run a hacky install of the local copy with pip.  Better options highly welcome.

Sincerely,
Watson Ladd

[John H Palmieri]

Is it possible to create a binary distribution that relies on a system Python 3? Those may already be built with ssl support.

[Dima Pasechnik]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 9:00 PM John H Palmieri <jhpalm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Is it possible to create a binary distribution that relies on a system Python 3? Those may already be built with ssl support.

On macOS? Not really. But one can mimic what cpython is doing in their
Python installer - they have a second step,
installing certificates.

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> On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:24:45 AM UTC-8 watso...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Right now pip doesn't work in the binary distributions due to the absence of the ssl module. This is apparently due to licensing restrictions, thanks to the terrible license of OpenSSL.
>>
>> My suggestion is that we hack together a build curl+NSS, which is freely redistributable. Then as part of the post-install fixup the curl grabs OpenSSL and the ssl python module, and we run a hacky install of the local copy with pip. Better options highly welcome.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Watson Ladd
>

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[Nathan Dunfield]

For a quick hack fix, you can use:  https://github.com/3-manifolds/fix_mac_sage/