Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode

[zooba]

BPO	37672
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-37672: Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode #14939 [3.8] bpo-37672: Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode (GH-14939) #14940

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assignee = 'https://github.com/zooba'
closed_at = <Date 2019-07-24.22:38:16.776>
created_at = <Date 2019-07-24.21:30:32.304>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode'
updated_at = <Date 2019-07-24.22:38:16.775>
user = 'https://github.com/zooba'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-07-24.22:38:16.775>
actor = 'steve.dower'
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components = ['Windows']
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issue_num = 37672
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pr_nums = ['14939', '14940']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue37672'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']

[zooba]

Currently we set PIP_USER environment variable in the pip.exe redirector, which is not ideal. Now that we have the latest release of pip, we can use a pip.ini file to set the option by default.

[zooba]

New changeset 123536f by Steve Dower in branch 'master':
bpo-37672: Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode (GH-14939)
123536f

[miss-islington]

New changeset 4b7ce10 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-37672: Switch Windows Store package to use pip.ini for user mode (GH-14939)
4b7ce10