On 09/02/2013 01:27 AM, Sergio Pascual wrote:
> Although not all people use the package manager I expect that most of 
> the users of the package are going to use this method of installation, 
> just for simplicity. See, for reference, the results of this poll [1] 
> about usage of numpy and scipy: installation via MacPorts and Linux 
> package managers comprises 40% of users, the largest group.
>
Or you could say, less than half of the users!
Which paints an entirely different picture.
>
> People installing via pip or easy_install have to install numpy and 
> scipy previously anyway. These packages are far more difficult to 
> install than six and joblib.
But they usually come another way, like EPD, package manager or "the 
admin did it". Many scientists don't have root rights, but these 
packages are often preinstalled
on whatever setup they have.


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