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Sun Mar 22 16:29:54 CET 2015 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2015-March/138878.html

On 22/03/2015 15:12, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 22/03/2015 14:44, Paul Moore wrote:
>> On which note, I'm assuming neither of the issues I've found are major
>> blockers. "pip.exe doesn't work if Python is installed in a directory
>> with non-ASCII characters in the name" can be worked around by using
>> python -m pip, and the launcher issue by using a generic shebang like
>> #!/usr/bin/python3.5.
>
> That can become a more major blocker if "pip doesn't work" == "ensurepip
> doesn't work and blocks thus the installer crashes" as was the case with
> a mimetypes issue a little while back.
>
> I'll create a £££ user (which is the easiest non-ASCII name to create on
> a UK keyboard) to see how cleanly the latest installer works.

Tried with "Mr £££". The installer's fine but the installed pip.exe 
fails while "py -3 -mpip" succeeeds as Paul notes.

TJG

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