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24172	"`pip install Django` with ""old"" pips gets 1.8a1"	Kristian Glass	nobody	"Just had someone turn up in #django doing the 1.7 tutorial but with 1.8 installed. They'd followed the advice at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/install/#installing-an-official-release-with-pip which says `pip install Django`. Alas this had got them Django 1.8a1.

They were using Debian Wheezy (latest stable) which ships with pip 1.1. It looks like it needs pip>=1.5.6 (at strictest) to not get 1.8a1 - https://gist.github.com/doismellburning/fa8aa370df9835b592e0

As to whether this is considered to be:

* a packaging bug (i.e. ""some users on currently-supported OSen will pick up the alpha version"")
* a documentation bug (either ""the install instructions should specify a version"" (which I'd disagree with) or ""the install instructions should mention this caveat"")
* something to be ignored
* some thing else

then I've no idea, but I'm personally inclined towards the first from a ""principle of least surprise"" perspective."	Bug	closed	Packaging	1.8alpha1	Normal	fixed			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0