The point of PEP 439 is that the current situation of "but first do this" for any given 3rd-party package installation was a bad thing and we desire to move away from it. The PEP therefore proposes to allow "just do this" to eventually become the narrative. The direction this conversation is heading is removing that very significant primary benefit, and I'm not convinced there's any point to the PEP in that case.
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