pip fork to experiment with PEP-458 implementation https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0458/: See branch tuf-v2 (and tuf-mvp and tuf-mvp-vendored for earlier work)
pip supports HTTP Basic Authentication. My assumption is that this will not work with TUF -- this is not an immediate issue as pypi.org does not use Basic Auth
pip supports HTTP Basic Authentication. My assumption is that this will not work with TUF -- this is not an immediate issue as pypi.org does not use Basic Auth