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Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging by fragmede on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @11:48PM (#44896555)
> pip started to warn me that I couldn't globally install packages anymore

Yeah I had that on my work computer. I just created a venv and source that in my .bashrc.

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Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging by efitz on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:32AM (#44896749)
Hahaha that is an awesome middle finger to pip :-)
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Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging by codethief on Thursday August 14, 2025 @06:25AM (#44898788)
Is it? I would have thought this is still in line with their goals. Your individual projects' venvs will still be fully separate.
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Re:PYX: The next step in Python packaging by cyphar on Thursday August 14, 2025 @08:04AM (#44899419)
No, they're saying that they have one venv they use for everything (i.e., it's basically a working "pip install --user").

I think it's a good thing that pip finally decided to refuse overwriting distro package paths (the alternative is far worse) but making "pip install --user" not work as well doesn't make sense.

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