On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 8:49 PM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Jan 9, 2016 10:09, "Matthew Brett" <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Sandro, >> >> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> wrote: >> >> I wrote a page on using pip with Debian / Ubuntu here : >> >> https://matthew-brett.github.io/pydagogue/installing_on_debian.html >> > >> > Speaking with my numpy debian maintainer hat on, I would really >> > appreciate if you dont suggest to use pip to install packages in >> > Debian, or at least not as the only solution. >> >> I'm very happy to accept alternative suggestions or PRs. >> >> I know what you mean, but I can't yet see how to write a page that >> would be good for explaining the benefits / tradeoffs of using deb >> packages vs mainly or only pip packages vs a mix of the two. Do you >> have any thoughts? > > Why not replace all the "sudo pip" calls with "pip --user"? The trade offs > between Debian-installed packages versus pip --user installed packages are > subtle, and both are good options. Personal I'd generally recommend anyone > actively developing python code to skip straight to pip for most things, > since you'll eventually end up there anyway, but this is definitely > debatable and situation dependent. On the other hand, "sudo pip" > specifically is something I'd never recommend, and indeed has the potential > to totally break your system.
Sure, but I don't think the page is suggesting doing ``sudo pip`` for anything other than upgrading pip and virtualenv(wrapper) - and I don't think that is likely to break the system. Matthew _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
