Re: Python 3.4 and ensurepip (rehashed, long)
Hello,
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Sutherland" <brian@vanguardistas.net>
> To: debian-python@lists.debian.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 5:13:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Python 3.4 and ensurepip (rehashed, long)
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 01:23:53PM +0100, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> > [Barry Warsaw, 2014-03-19]
> > > TL;DR: Let's re-enable the ensurepip module in Python 3.4, and possibly
> > > address some usability issues. We should descend en masse on Montreal
> > > and
> > > stage a revolt at Pycon. :)
> >
> > IMO our ensurepip.py should look similar to this:
> >
> > | try:
> > | from pip import *
> > | except ImportError:
> > | raise Exception('Please ask administrator to install python3-pip
> > | package.'
> > | ' Note that installing packages system-wide using pip
> > | is'
> > | ' considered harmful, please do not report Python
> > | related'
> > | ' bugs in Debian bugtracker if you decide to do
> > | that.')
> >
> > IMO we should warn users that they can^W will break their systems and
> > `sudo pip install ...` should raise an exception if
> > --i-will-not-blame-debian option is not enabled.
>
> I recently had to clean up after a sysadmin, previously explicitly
> warned not to, used "sudo pip install ...". I think the option should
> require an argument which must match with a randomly generated string.
> That way only the NSA could ever actually use the option as only they
> own all the random numbers.
>
> </sarcasim>
>
> --
> Brian Sutherland
>
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I have started thread about such an issue on pypa-dev google group [1].
Feel free to join in.
[1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pypa-dev/r6qsAmJl9
(yea, I secretly keep an eye on you too)
Regards,
Robert Kuska
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