Ronald Oussoren added the comment: Another reason to remove this feature: installing python 2.7.12 using the installer on www.python.org breaks the system install of Python, likely because of this issue.
I'm a bit sad that this feature has to go, but modern Python use (in particular virtualenv) has reduced the need for this feature. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28440> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com