[epage]

Doesn't that just install into a global-to-the-user path? Isn't one of the things we're trying to avoid is conflicts between these tools. For example, pip is now more freely breaking compatibility. I now need to ensure if my different packaging tools are compatible with my version of pip all installed in my user location.

[mixmastamyk]

Yes, and that's fine for most folks. The one exception I make is developing a huge app at work, use a virtualenv for that to keep it separate.