Don't check PyPI for new versions of pip by default, updates will occur when new releases are added to the tree. --- pip-6.0.2/pip/cmdoptions.py +++ pip-6.0.2/pip/cmdoptions.py @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ "--disable-pip-version-check", dest="disable_pip_version_check", action="store_true", - default=False, + default=True, help="Don't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version " "of pip is available for download.")