History of pip commands (install/uninstall)

[gst]

What's the problem this feature will solve?

Allow one to investigate package dependencies issues based on pip installation/commands history.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like pip to record in a kind of history file for each install/uninstall action it executes.

[gst]

something just like debian apt history log file..

[uranusjr]

Sounds like a reasonable feature to me. This file needs to be per-environment since that’s what people actually care. The problem is, pip can be run in a lot of combination of ways (--prefix, --user, --target, directly against an executable with python /path/to/pip/package), etc. So you will need to deal with a lot of installation scheme edge cases. I’m not getting myself into this, but feel free to try your hands on it 🙂

[pfmoore]

Also, it should be made opt-in (via a command line flag). I don't really like the idea of pip starting to clutter the filesystem with unwanted install history files, and this seems like a relatively uncommon requirement.

[ManPython]

@ichard26 I think that issue is near but not this same. The my ticket was related with modules history, esspecialy venv.
Here is more not history, but `Log of pip commands' that can be a big garbage. In fact any cmd should have this type on windows, like a shell, etc. But in case not exist, then sure.. can be config for pop to grab logs.

[pfmoore]

Both are talking about pip keeping some sort of log/history of "what happened in the past". Given that no-one has yet shown any interest in working on implementing either proposal, I don't think it's of much benefit to have the discussion¹ split across two issues.

Unless we end up in the enviable position of having two PRs to choose between, I think a single issue is sufficient.

Footnotes

1. Or rather, the lack of discussion 🤷 ↩