[Distutils] The future of invoking pip

[Chris Barker]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> Well, the problem is that "python -m pip" isn't any better. If you
> don't know what the current "pip" is, then chances are you don't know
> what the current "python" is, either.
>

sure you do (well, maybe not, but all you know is that when you type
"python" you get soemthing).

the problem really is when someone does:

pip install some_package

and it all seems to work fine

then they type "python" and "import some_package" and it fails.


This really does happend with newbies, and it really is a problem, trust me
on that.

granted, it's also a problem that people type "python" and can import what
they want, then they go to run their code in an IDE, and it doesn't work --
but that's not a problem pip can address ----..

(I'm not trying to deny the issue, I sometimes wonder what "pip" will
> install into exactly, but removing the command in favour of a "-m"
> switch wouldn't do any any good IMO, and it would make Python package
> management "even more baroque" than it currently is)
>

only minimally more baroque, and at least one large class of confusing
errors would be impossible.

-CHB



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