[Distutils] The future of invoking pip

[Xavier Fernandez]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 4:52 AM, Glyph Lefkowitz <glyph at twistedmatrix.com>
wrote:
>
> Rather than trying to figure out what the "right" way for users to invoke
> `pip´ to begin with is, why not just have Pip start providing more
> *information* about potential problems when you invoke it?
>
> If you invoke 'pip[X.Y]' and it matches 'python -m pip' in your current
> virtualenv, don't say anything; similarly if you invoke 'python -m pip' and
> 'which pip' matches.  But if there's a mismatch, pip can print information
> in both cases.  This would go a long way to alleviating the confusion that
> occurs when users back themselves into one of these corners, and would
> alert users to potential issues before they become a problem; right now you
> have to be a dogged investigative journalist to figure out why pip is doing
> the wrong thing in some cases.
>

I like this solution which is easy to implement and should directly help
the user without any deprecation process.
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