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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:42:26 +1000
Subject: Re: Multiple python versions, one dev environment???
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On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <lq9sf2$p9r$1@dont-email.me>, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 18/07/2014 9:44 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
>> > In article <mailman.11957.1405626121.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>> >   Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>> >> Virtualenv is definitely the right way to isolate different Python
>> >> environments from each other.
>> >
>> > Absolutely.  Don't even consider any other alternative.  Just do it.
>>
>> Not even buildout? :)
>
> OK, I will admit I'm not familiar with buildout.
>
> Perhaps I should have said, "Don't even consider trying to manage all
> this stuff manually.

I'd put this on par with source control. You'll see arguments about
whether git or hg is the better option, but frankly, either of them
(or bzr, or any of a bunch of others) is just so far ahead of *not*
using source control that it's less important to distinguish than to
say "Don't even consider trying to do this manually".

ChrisA