Re: best practice when installing python packages

[Anil F Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm>]

> > For cases like this, I think the best practice is to work inside a
> > virtualenv 
> > where you can upgrade pip and install whatever you need via pip
> > with
> > no impact 
> > on either your user or system python.
> 
> I will do this then.
> 

Actually this is exactly what is recommended here: 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59558343/cant-install-pyqt5-on-raspberry-pi


However a different post suggests there is a bug in the pyqt5
pyproject.toml. 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59462014/cant-install-pyqt5-using-pip-on-raspberry-pi

I just wonder why upgrading pip "fixes" this bug.

thanks again,