Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> writes: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 03:22:19PM +0200, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: >> [W. Martin Borgert, 2013-09-18] >> > As a passionate pip hater I would go for a Conflicts, >> > which finally would make pip uninstallable :~) >> > Next steps: get rid of gem, npm, EPT, ... >> >> +1 (unless all these "wheel re-inventors" will speed up a bit - they're >> still where Linux packagers were 5-10 years ago) > > And *THIS* is why we get bad reputations. > > 1) pip isn't for global package management, for this is stupid. If we > disabled root use of pip, I think we'd all be a bit happier.
Yet it forces me to pass --install-option --user even when called as a an unprivileged user. > I don't understand the pip hate. Why don't you guys try and, you know, > figure out *why* these tools were invented. It (for sure) is overly > simplistic, but it's there for a reason. Disclaimer: I actually like pip. But the above is really bugging me. Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bo3pjy4r....@vostro.rath.org