On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 17:40:51 Barry Warsaw wrote: > Signed by ba...@warsaw.us. Show Details > TL;DR: Let's re-enable the ensurepip module in Python 3.4, and possibly > address some usability issues. We should descend en masse on Montreal > and stage a revolt at Pycon. :) > > Python 3.4 has an `ensurepip` module[1] which implements the specification > in PEP 453 regarding the explicit bootstrapping of pip in Python > installations[2]. This is promoted as a boon to users, especially on > platforms without OS provided package managers, i.e. not Debian. > > The PEP makes some recommendations for downstreams[3], which we do not > currently adopt, and maybe shouldn't fully. Our current Python 3.4 package > disables ensurepip at build time. > > The previous discussion on this subject[4] was extensive, and it may not be > worth rehashing that. I just reviewed the thread via Gmane, and AFAICT > there is some general consensus: > > * pip should not be used to install packages "globally", i.e. in the system > Python's dist-packages.
Until installing in the user's space is the default, I don't see it as being suitable for installation by default. I liked Piotr's idea about an option along the lines of -i-know-if-a-break-it-i-keep-both-halves to override that. Scott K
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