I have committed a fix for this to python-pip's svn and sent a message with the relevant details to debian-python@. The bug and its fix are pretty simple. Instead of only putting the .whl files early on sys.path when inside a venv, we should be doing that in all cases. The only inside/outside difference is the location of the wheel files.
I think this should be reclassified back to severity grave and the fix included in Jessie. https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2015/02/msg00082.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

