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		semi-extrinsic on Feb 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Diff So Fancy: make Git diffs look good Strange. This is from the official Python docs: "pip is the preferred installer program. Starting with Python 2.7.9, it is included by default with the Python binary installers." https://docs.python.org/2.7/installing/

goldbrick on Feb 10, 2016 [–]

My thought would be that "binary installers" as such are considered distinct from distro-managed packages.

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