#24172: `pip install Django` with "old" pips gets 1.8a1
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Reporter: doismellburning | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 1.8alpha1
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Just had someone turn up in #django doing the 1.7 tutorial but with 1.8
installed. They'd followed the advice at
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/install/#installing-an-
official-release-with-pip which says `pip install Django`. Alas this had
got them Django 1.8a1.
They were using Debian Wheezy (latest stable) which ships with pip 1.1. It
looks like it needs pip>=1.5.6 (at strictest) to not get 1.8a1 -
https://gist.github.com/doismellburning/fa8aa370df9835b592e0
As to whether this is considered to be:
* a packaging bug (i.e. "some users on currently-supported OSen will pick
up the alpha version")
* a documentation bug (either "the install instructions should specify a
version" (which I'd disagree with) or "the install instructions should
mention this caveat")
* something to be ignored
* some thing else
then I've no idea, but I'm personally inclined towards the first from a
"principle of least surprise" perspective.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24172>
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