On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 17:13:21 +0100 Emmanuel Fleury <fle...@labri.fr> wrote: > Package: python3-venv > Version: 3.5.1-2 > Severity: important > > Dear beloved Maintainer, > > I recently updated my Debian unstable with the new python-3.5 packages > and it rendered the pyvenv command totally unusable (that is why I am > marking this report as 'important'). > > What are the symptoms and how to reproduce it: > ============================================== > > $> pyvenv my_venv_name > The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip > is not available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the > python3-venv package using the following command.
This is a deliberate design choice in Debian and not a bug, so tagging wontfix. Ensurepip is a development tool and in Debian those are not installed by default. Scott K