[techphys_91]

Is this really an issue for the use case being described? Environment management is obviously a significant consideration for software developers who need to keep track of versions etc, but it sounds as if these users primarily want to use the fundamental numpy functions.

They could install one of the scientific python stacks (e.g. anaconda) or just install packages globally with pip.

[macintux]

Things always break over time. I have a very technical co-worker, a systems admin, with a broken Python stack on Windows. No idea what's wrong.

[fock]

so he did a chmod -w on their folder and it broke. Well, that's a feat I still have to work out!

[mch82]

Anaconda switched its software license recently to require large companies to purchase a license, so now people must wade through the purchasing department before installation & use.