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Explicitly mention `--user` in compatibility guide (#3666) 

See: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/2352
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@ -282,6 +282,17 @@ In some cases, `uv pip check` will surface diagnostics that `pip check` does not
For example, unlike `uv pip check`, `pip check` will _not_ warn when multiple versions of a package
are installed in the current environment.
## `--user` and the `user` install scheme
uv does not support the `--user` flag, which installs packages based on the `user` install scheme.
Instead, we recommend the use of virtual environments to isolate package installations.
Additionally, pip will fall back to the `user` install scheme if it detects that the user does not
have write permissions to the target directory, as is the case on some systems when installing into
the system Python. uv does not implement any such fallback.
For more, see [#2077](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/2077).
## Strictness and spec enforcement
uv tends to be stricter than `pip`, and will often reject packages that `pip` would install.