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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 15:38:56 -0600
Subject: Re: Using a particular python binary with venv
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On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:33 PM,  <greenbay.graham@gmail.com> wrote:
> According to this https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/venv.html#module-venv 'Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (allowing creation of environments with various Python versions)'
> So how would I create a virtual environment using the venv module that has a Python 2.7 binary?

I wouldn't recommend trying to create a venv virtual environment using
Python 2.7, because venv was only added to the standard library in
Python 3.3. Use the third-party virtualenv instead.