On 25 September 2014 02:08, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: >> Indeed. Moving towards having --user as the norm is definitely >> something we want to look at for pip. One of the biggest concerns is >> how well-exercised the whole user site directory area is in practice. > > What do you mean by well-exercised?
Basically, although --user is available in pip (and the underlying facilities in Python have been around for some time), it's difficult to gauge how many people are using them, and as a result what level of testing has happened in real-life situations. There's probably no way to improve that much other than by making --user the default and waiting for reports of any issues, but feedback like Mike's adds a certain level of confidence that there are no significant problems. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com