Bug#1049962: closed by Stefano Rivera (Re: Bug#1049962: python3-pip: Misleading error message on "pip install --user")

[Ralf Jung]

I still think the text and definitely the README.venv could be written in a less 
confusing way. For instance, README.venv starts out saying

It is recommended to let Debian's package managers manage Python packages in
/usr/lib/ and /usr/share/.

So for my case ("pip install --user"), obviously this document is not relevant, 
since indeed I do want to let Debian manage the packages in /usr. Nothing in 
that file even mentions ~/.local.

; Ralf