Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: "Steve M. Robbins" Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist,linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Bug#786247: pyvtk: deprecation of python-support Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:30:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Piotr =?UTF-8?Q?O=C5=BCarowski?= , 786247@bugs.debian.org Old-Return-Path: X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.312 Reply-To: "Steve M. Robbins" , 786247@bugs.debian.org Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-Cc: Steve M. Robbins X-Debian-Pr-Message: followup 786247 X-Debian-Pr-Package: src:pyvtk X-Debian-Pr-Source: pyvtk X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 23; hammy, 127; neutral, 64; spammy, 1. spammytokens:0.903-+--it hammytokens:0.000-+--H*c:pgp-sha256, 0.000-+--H*c:sk:pgp-sig, 0.000-+--H*u:4.14.2, 0.000-+--H*UA:4.14.2, 0.000-+--H*c:protocol X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=UaGbMvmN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=PwkoTAyqRBEylukNeSUlrg==:117 a=PwkoTAyqRBEylukNeSUlrg==:17 a=4ZJERELO5ZoA:10 a=uRRa74qj2VoA:10 a=3Ko2IIGeAAAA:8 a=Z3QtHTgkdXtZYvsZgEoA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=_KDvXGit-P6p_L6ZjZsA:9 Organization: Sumost User-Agent: KMail/4.14.2 (Linux/4.0.0-2-amd64; KDE/4.14.2; x86_64; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1617263.Ql8NhUoQUK"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Cmae-Envelope: MS4wfIcGt4hxzehnb8lac7LhWY5QVWDvbfZNfPmRm6rgYVV6IoMM1RLsm1NpizZjEHGuX+zzdlRcgpRuTt55fjDwm0VsS3X8BNDlbm8s5rv9XSmFotOGmbiUAmLxx4D1XIzMJqJRCScdYNIqL/zot37TgugtsHVw3EliMhuQ/IdvUETy/IbDBrSU3VYflMOcWaXnnOfHxNCFODh1NPxrEHglR4vwgtH4PM+582OtmfywSgYL X-Debian-Message: from BTS X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1197665 List-ID: List-URL: Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 73 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 10:15:52 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <6135059.XouHiXf460@riemann> X-Original-References: <20150808062510.GA7226@sumost.ca> <20150808081304.GC2839@sar0.p1otr.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.bugs.dist:670456 linux.debian.maint.python:7173 --nextPart1617263.Ql8NhUoQUK Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On August 8, 2015 10:13:04 AM Piotr O=C5=BCarowski wrote: > [Steve M. Robbins, 2015-08-08] >=20 > > I went looking for the most recent sources and found out that = you > >=20 > > can easily get pyvtk via pip. >=20 > `sudo pip install ...` is the same as `rm -rf /` to me. I see. > Please don't suggest it!=20 In my defense: I did not say you need to use "sudo". All you need (at = least=20 for pyvtk) is privilege to write into /usr/local, so it is more like "r= m -rf=20 /usr/local" ... still damaging but not as dramatic. :-) > If you don't want to maintain it, report RFA or O > bug or simply remove it from the archive, but never ever suggest user= s > to use pip for installing system libs/apps. I had to clean after thes= e > tools way too many times! pip is great when used inside virtualenv or= > tools like this, but should return "please use rpm/dpkg" whenever > invoked as root, period! Thanks. I had read Paul Tagliamonte's essay [1] and wondered whether I= 'd get=20 this kind of response. :-) I won't wade into the debate. [1] http://notes.pault.ag/debian-python/ Best, =2DSteve --nextPart1617263.Ql8NhUoQUK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIVAwUAVcdurcnlXi+tyPS5AQhMJQ//Zl9yGRCy8MOUn9ZgmiJh/AfYFpU5oGOq 10SGjqyJoBgm1VH12O0vF4Lks52QVL96BU5Axe4opZ1fCdYsK2yCPKaovDfZhnxN WYccQc/xhuvUegr7StCz9dIOOKiQh1TsEYZUwWjH7p50dWyueUnWszIeg+8mg6hI dyfzp5aoaDZ8fLNIX4N2EgBjl5tq+ieIjGqVJqB2B/yL2TvMqtDQtAHW2rSUOlV8 SRy7ZdY3wiuTPRfI72fjjaHUKC1loxizAb+1XbyC5uCE+n910mj7UhGeOkeH38uu l5BJvhUx+G9fHaoCITUlLjDBAzBRtCez4OP70QRaQkFhLOYAB7fGUpygkhQ1xyQt fQ68LIV/ZbKL4QjmhtKKYji6q6hjQO1ECRFdzHh08qenPQuzEOT95IQAyp4mOTuu nci79Qn8reWvjxzojeUTgoxrX+0yq4tnktNcyoLa8tzrz+KbCoDiASEst++Pqz01 wANL/vQKYkNlmch9KRy6xujpr5W29Sd0tanMgKKfSLtu6kJ07MZxTMNTTc/5fqKD RfBZhjVQmlWOGvm4I4oGhqbRyWdL5qKDiJR76YQgoo32fwdIxgOpdNvG1+l7L28V RVpe6af9YGWglHAQZWCRFMQDQMdkcVjgYB5fIAhXAbwdZg6ItovT/Jgb8lHvblvv KkiYCmXgg+E= =K/UA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1617263.Ql8NhUoQUK-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org