Dropped easy_install example from Release How-To.
easy_install was deprecated in 2019.
@@ -314,16 +314,12 @@ Now you're ready to actually put the release out there. To do this:
$ scp Django-A.B.C.checksum.txt.asc djangoproject.com:/home/www/www/media/pgp/Django-A.B.C.checksum.txt
-#. Test that the release packages install correctly using ``easy_install``
- and ``pip``. Here's one method::
+#. Test that the release packages install correctly using ``pip``. Here's one
+ method::
$ RELEASE_VERSION='1.7.2'
$ MAJOR_VERSION=`echo $RELEASE_VERSION| cut -c 1-3`
- $ python -m venv django-easy-install
- $ . django-easy-install/bin/activate
- $ easy_install https://www.djangoproject.com/m/releases/$MAJOR_VERSION/Django-$RELEASE_VERSION.tar.gz
- $ deactivate
$ python -m venv django-pip
$ . django-pip/bin/activate
$ python -m pip install https://www.djangoproject.com/m/releases/$MAJOR_VERSION/Django-$RELEASE_VERSION.tar.gz
