Paul Ganssle

Per my Bloomberg colleague @lkollar, it seems that the problem is that `pip` [creates a custom `sitecustomize.py` file](https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/master/src/pip/_internal/build_env.py#L79-L105) in order to inject itself into the build environment. Looks to me...

@boegel Can you create a minimal-working example that reproduces this, and include your `pip` versions? I've never known anyone to be able to trigger this without `virtualenv --system-site-packages`.

@webknjaz How does it manifest with `--no-site-packages`? That may even be a distinct bug.

I just meant we already know the cause of the problem with `--system-site-packages `, can you verify if it's the same mechanism here?

@webknjaz Just this: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/6264#issuecomment-463229977 TBH I remember verifying this by setting a breakpoint or printing something, but I guess at the time it seemed obvious what to do once you...

Forgive my ignorance of how `pipx` works, but I think it might be worth thinking through exactly how the resolution is going to go. Is the idea that when you...

> This could also version qualify installed scripts to ensure the user can explicitly differentiate between multiple version: One thing here: I don't really understand the relevance here. Is the...

@uranusjr I think it's not that tough. At install, pipx introspects the wheel for the package it was asked to install and determines which modules it provides that are executable,...

@kloczek This is the main feature blocking 3.0. My plan is: 1. Set up release automation 2. Make a 2.8.3 release with what is on `master` now 3. Make a...

Current status of this branch: I believe all features are complete, we just need to backport some of the tests from `zoneinfo` and add a test that uses "slim" builds...