PS: the bug I found is not truly a bug, just a difference in behaviour between venv and virtualenv:
the former won't allow you to locally install packages when created with --system-site-packages (making that flag effectively useless, imho), while virtualenv will allow you to layer local packages upon the globally installed ones ** Bug watch added: Python Roundup #24875 http://bugs.python.org/issue24875 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290847 Title: pyvenv fails due to mising ensurepip module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-defaults/+bug/1290847/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs