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Re: Using a particular python binary with venv

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On 06/01/2015 04:07 PM, greenbay.graham@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 09:43:37 UTC+12, Carl Meyer  wrote:
>> On 06/01/2015 03:33 PM, orotau 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?
>>
>> You can't. The venv module only exists in and supports Python 3.3+.
>>
>> If you need to support earlier Django versions, you'll need to use the
>> older "virtualenv" library instead, which looks very similar from the
>> end-user side. See https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
> 
> Thanks Carl
> I am guessing that the documentation needs to be altered then. I will submit a documentation bug...

I think the documentation is accurate as written (you _can_ create
environments with various Python versions, they just have to be versions
that include and support the venv module), but a clarification on the
supported Python versions in that sentence seems reasonable to me.

Carl

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Using a particular python binary with venv greenbay.graham@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 14:33 -0700
  Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 15:38 -0600
  Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net> - 2015-06-01 15:42 -0600
    Re: Using a particular python binary with venv greenbay.graham@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 15:07 -0700
      Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net> - 2015-06-01 16:19 -0600
      Re: Using a particular python binary with venv greenbay.graham@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 15:23 -0700
  Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-01 23:45 +0200

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