Would it be possible to add a test ?

Unfortunately I can't see a way to test this.

Virtually the same change as in #232 for the actual buildout code. So this one is best merged, too.

Once a new release is out, the new bootstrap needs to be placed in some of the regular places. Who normally does this?

@reinout I think @jimfulton is the one who can manage download.buildout.org

@tseaver @reinout The bootstrap.py is at https://bootstrap.pypa.io/bootstrap-buildout.py
and it's updated every 15 minutes from master if I recall what @jimfulton said.

The last modification date, if you look at the dir listing at https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ is 14-Dec-2014. So it doesn't look too automatic to me :-)

There is also a bootstrap.py at http://downloads.buildout.org/2/bootstrap.py, which is also mentioned in easy_install.py in an error message. The version there is identical to the abovementioned `bootstrap-buildout.py from pypa.io

Would it be a good idea to add information about updating the bootstrap to DEVELOPERS.txt?

#86 has more info on how the boostrap.py actually ends up in the various places. I'm writing it down in DEVELOPERS.txt now.

This one needs a release (#249), too, because of the inherent bootstrap.py release.