[Python-modules-team] Bug#830892: Bug#830892: python-pip defaults to --user, breaks upstream --target option

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jul 12, 2016, at 05:41 PM, Daniel Holth wrote:

>The problem is that Debian patched pip to make the --user option the
>default.

In talking with Donald, we all agree that we need to move forward on the
upstream switch to --user by default.  I don't have time right now to continue
working on that, but I would love to drop our patch, and this is the best way
to do it.