python-pip requires python-setuptools but not drawn in as a dependancy

[mbs]

Ubuntu 16.04 64bit
python-pip version 8.1.0-2

tried : sudo python-pip install youtube-dl

.......
Collecting youtube-dl
  Downloading youtube_dl-2016.03.06.tar.gz (890kB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 901kB 857kB/s
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    ImportError: No module named setuptools

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-IM_L_t/youtube-dl/
.....

had to install python-setuptools manually

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: python-pip 8.1.0-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-12.28-generic 4.4.4
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Mar 13 21:08:24 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160307)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: python-pip
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Fixed in focal and later up to the point where the package was removed.