title: Are PIP packages curated? Is it safe to install them?
body: <p>With Debian or Ubuntu packages, there is <em>some</em> quality control. Is PIP similar, or is it a complete free-for-all? Can anyone upload any code they want under any name that they want?</p>
  
  <p>There seem to be some junk packages like <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/opencv/0.0.1" rel="noreferrer">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/opencv/0.0.1</a> which has the same name as a very popular computer vision framework, for example.</p>