[Python-modules-team] Bug#725848: (no subject)

[Donald Stufft]

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> Since upstream hasn't changed the default yet, and for understandable reasons
> it isn't high on their priority list, and because I'm tired of carrying the
> Ubuntu delta that switches to --user by default, I am going to port the Ubuntu
> patch to the Debian version.  This will let me resync to Debian and only have
> to maintain one version.
> 
> Note that Didier's patch does add a --system switch which overrides the
> default --user, so I think that should address any usability concerns.
> 
> Donald, I appreciate that upstream will do this Right And Better, and once it
> does, I'll happily drop this patch.  I agree it kind of sucks that we have to
> change upstream's behavior here, but doing so seems like the least worst thing
> to do while we wait.
> 

Can we at least ensure that $HOME/.local/bin is on the $PATH by default if you’re
going to do that?


Can the documentation for —system include a note that it is a Debian specific
option? Possibly link to the upstream issue or something?

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Donald Stufft
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