Re: [Numpy-discussion] Proposal: stop supporting 'setup.py install'; start requiring 'pip install .' instead

On Oct 29, 2015 00:29, "Sandro Tosi" <morph@debian.org> wrote:

please, pretty please, do not disable setup.py install or at least keep providing a way for distribution (Debian in this case) to be able to build/install numpy in a temporary location for packaging reasons. pip is not the solution for us

What is wrong with "pip install --root" ?