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[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet at unequivocal.eu> wrote:
> On 2017-12-13, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 10:17:15 AM UTC+13, Jon Ribbens wrote:
>>> Try `pip install certifi`
>>
>> It really is preferable to install standard distro packages where available, rather than resort to pip:
>>
>>     sudo apt-get install python3-certifi
>
> No, it really really isn't.

This isn't a connected series of statements intended to establish a
proposition. This is just contradiction. Not very useful here. Care to
elaborate as to why apt-get is such a bad thing?

Generally, if you're using a system-provided Python (either Py2 or
Py3) and not using a virtual environment, it's easier and safer to use
your system-provided package manager to install additional components.
If you want to argue otherwise, argue it, don't just assert it.

ChrisA