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pipx docs do not match behaviour -- bug report irrationally closed (github.com)

submitted 2 months ago by evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org to c/bugs@sopuli.xyz

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/47790706

I just encountered the same confusion as others in the linked thread. The pipx tool has this in the man page:
       --pip-args PIP_ARGS
              Arbitrary pip arguments to pass directly to pip install/upgrade commands
So of course I had a space after --pip-args. It failed because the software does not work as documented. Someone reported this in 2019. The software is still inconsistent with the docs. Yet someone closed the bug report.

Re-opening or requesting re-opening requires licking Microsoft’s boots. I’m done with MS Github logins.

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[–] evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

I generally don’t even look for an email address because a vast majority of GH users do not list one on their profile and I can’t be bothered to fish email addresses out of their git commits, which would not generally be reliable. Bernát Gábor is exceptional in this regard and happens to have an email address -- at gmail. I wouldn’t do gmail but perhaps i'll reach out to one of the other maintainers.